Strong H2457חֶלְאָה
rust
- Transliteration
- chel'âh
- Pronunciation
- khel-aw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From H2456; properly disease; hence rust: - scum.
Detailed definition
rust, scum
In the Bible
Strong H2457 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- scum3
First verses
- Ezekiel 24:6Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
- Ezekiel 24:11Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
- Ezekiel 24:12She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.