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H2457Hebrew

חֶלאָה

Definition and meaning

chel'ah (khel-aw') n-f. 1. (properly) disease 2. (hence) rust [from H2456] KJV: scum. Root(s): H2456

Tagged KJV passages

3 matching verses - 5.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Ezekiel 24:6

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

Matched English: scum, scumEzekiel 24:11

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

Matched English: scumEzekiel 24:12

She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

Matched English: scum, scum