Strong's #2505: chalaq (pronounced khaw-lak')
a primitive root; to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate:--deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-)part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
châlaq
1) to divide, share, plunder, allot, apportion, assign
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to divide, apportion
1a2) to assign, distribute
1a3) to assign, impart
1a4) to share
1a5) to divide up, plunder
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to divide oneself
1b2) to be divided
1b3) to assign, distribute
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to divide, apportion
1c2) to assign, distribute
1c3) to scatter
1d) (Pual) to be divided
1e) (Hiphil) to receive a portion or part
1f) (Hithpael) to divide among themselves
2) to be smooth, slippery, deceitful
2a) (Qal) to be smooth, slippery
2b) (Hiphil)
2b1) to be smooth
2b2) to flatter
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 65 times:
Isaiah 33:23: "is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey."
Isaiah 34:17: "hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it forever,"
Isaiah 41:7: "encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil,"
Isaiah 53:12: " will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because"
Isaiah 53:12: "will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because"
Jeremiah 37:12: "out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst"
Lamentations 4:16: "of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not"
Ezekiel 5:1: "then take thee balances to weigh, and divide"
Ezekiel 47:21: " So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel."
Daniel 11:39: "and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain."
Hosea 10:2: " is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil"
Joel 3:2: "whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land."
Amos 7:17: "shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in"
Micah 2:4: "of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields."
Zechariah 14:1: "of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst"
