H4256 מַחֲלֹקֶת
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 43 KJV occurrences
מַחֲלֹקֶת
machălôqeth · makh-al-o'-keth
Definition
a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)
KJV Renderings
company, course, division, portion. See also H5555 (סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת).
Derivation / Etymology
from H2505 (חָלַק);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 43)
- Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
- 1 Chronicles 26:1Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
- 1 Chronicles 27:2Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:6This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
- 1 Chronicles 27:11The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 28:1And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 8:14¶ And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
- 2 Chronicles 31:16Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;