King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H2459 - Fat

Strong's No.:	H2459

Hebrew:	חֶלֶב

Transliteration:	cheleb

Phonetic:	kheh'-leb

Word Origin:	From an unused root meaning to be fat

Bible Usage:	X-(idiom) {best} fat ({-ness}) X-(idiom) {finest} {grease} marrow.

Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine

Strongs Definition:	{fat} whether literally or figuratively; hence the richest or choice part

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	1. fat a. fat (of humans) b. fat (of beasts) c. choicest, best part, abundance (of products of the land)

Bible References: Fat	Gen 45:18 Ex 23:18 Ex 29:13 Ex 29:13 Ex 29:22 Ex 29:22 Ex 29:22 Lev 3:3 Lev 3:3 Lev 3:4 Lev 3:9 Lev 3:9 Lev 3:9 Lev 3:10 Lev 3:14 Lev 3:14 Lev 3:15 Lev 3:16 Lev 3:17 Lev 4:8 Lev 4:8 Lev 4:8 Lev 4:9 Lev 4:19 Lev 4:26 Lev 4:26 Lev 4:31 Lev 4:31 Lev 4:35 Lev 4:35 Lev 6:12 Lev 7:3 Lev 7:3 Lev 7:4 Lev 7:23 Lev 7:24 Lev 7:24 Lev 7:25 Lev 7:30 Lev 7:31 Lev 7:33 Lev 8:16 Lev 8:16 Lev 8:25 Lev 8:25 Lev 8:25 Lev 8:26 Lev 9:10 Lev 9:19 Lev 9:20 Lev 9:20 Lev 9:24 Lev 10:15 Lev 16:25 Lev 17:6 Num 18:17 Deut 32:14 Deut 32:14 Deut 32:38 Judg 3:22 1 Sam 2:15 1 Sam 2:16 1 King 8:64 1 King 8:64 2 Chr 7:7 2 Chr 7:7 2 Chr 29:35 2 Chr 35:14 Ps 17:10 Isa 1:11 Isa 43:24 Ezek 34:3 Ezek 39:19 Ezek 44:7 Ezek 44:15

Translation Occurrences:	best ( 5 ) fat ( 75 ) fatness ( 1 ) finest ( 1 ) grease ( 1 ) marrow ( 1 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.