מַחֲלֹקֶת

Strong’s Definition

a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)

Etymology & Derivation

from H2505 (חָלַק);

KJV Usage

company, course, division, portion. See also H5555 (סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת).

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.division, course, class, share, allotment
• 2.division, part
• 3.division, class, course

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: machălôqeth; Pronunciation: makh-al-o'-keth

See Also