חָלָב

Strong’s Definition

milk (as the richness of kine)

Etymology & Derivation

from the same as H2459 (חֶלֶב);

KJV Usage

[phrase] cheese, milk, sucking.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.milk, sour milk, cheese
• 2.milk
• 3.abundance of the land (metaphorically)
• 4.white (as milk)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: châlâb; Pronunciation: khaw-lawb'