Chelets חֶ֫לֶץ

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Chelets
חֶ֫לֶץ
Transliterationchelets
Strong's numberH2503 (H2503G, H2503H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossHelez
Occurrences5 in 4 verses
Most frequent in1 Chronicles (3)

Chelets (Hebrew חֶ֫לֶץ, Strong's H2503) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Helez”. It occurs 5 times.

Definition

H2503G: Helez

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.26
§ Helez = "he has saved"
1) an Ephraimite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors, leader of the 7th monthly course
2) a man of Judah, son of Azariah

H2503H: Helez

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.39;
son of: Azariah (H5838J);
father of: Eleasah (H0501)
§ Helez = "he has saved"
1) an Ephraimite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors, leader of the 7th monthly course
2) a man of Judah, son of Azariah

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

Translated as

KJVhelez (5)
BSBhelez (4), was helez (1)

Verses

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

2 Samuel

1 Chronicles

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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