Challah חַלָּה

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Challah
חַלָּה
Transliterationchallah
Strong's numberH2471
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossbun
Occurrences14 in 11 verses
Most frequent inLeviticus (5)

Challah (Hebrew חַלָּה, Strong's H2471) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “bun”. It occurs 14 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

cake, cake (if pierced) (probably perforated)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcakes (7), cake (7)
BSBcakes (6), cake (4), loaf (2), loaves (1), up a cake (1)

Verses

Every verse with Challah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

2 Samuel

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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