Strong H2516חֶלְקִי
Helekite
- Transliteration
- chelqîy
- Pronunciation
- khel-kee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patronymic from H2507; a Chelkite or descendant of Chelek: - Helkites.
Meaning of the name
Helekites = "flattering"
Detailed definition
Someone descended from Helek who was a man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.30;
son of: Gilead (H1568H);
brother of: Abiezer (H44I), Asriel (H844), Shechem (H7928), Shemida (H8061) and Hepher (H2660A)
Group of che.leq (חֵ֫לֶק "Helek" H2507)
son of: Gilead (H1568H);
brother of: Abiezer (H44I), Asriel (H844), Shechem (H7928), Shemida (H8061) and Hepher (H2660A)
Group of che.leq (חֵ֫לֶק "Helek" H2507)
In the biblical story
Helek
Son of Gilead, ancestor of the Helekites.
Helek was a son of Gilead and ancestor of the Helekite clan in the tribe of Manasseh. (Num.26.30; Jos.17.2)
In the Bible
Strong H2516 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- helekites1
First verses
- Numbers 26:30These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: