Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4256
מַחֲלֹ֫קֶת
ma.cha.lo.qet · “division”
Used 42 times across 5 books
Definition
1) division, course, class, share, allotment
1a) division, part
1b) division, class, course
1b1) of priests, Levites (technical term of organisation)
Aramaic equivalent: mach.le.qah (מַחְלְקָה "class" H4255)
1a) division, part
1b) division, class, course
1b1) of priests, Levites (technical term of organisation)
Aramaic equivalent: mach.le.qah (מַחְלְקָה "class" H4255)
Where it appears
Joshua3
1 Chronicles26
2 Chronicles11
Nehemiah1
Ezekiel1
In the text
Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.Joshua 12:7And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;Joshua 18:10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.1 Chronicles 23:6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.1 Chronicles 24:1Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.1 Chronicles 26:1Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.1 Chronicles 26:12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.1 Chronicles 26:19These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.1 Chronicles 27:1Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.1 Chronicles 27:2Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
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