Machălôqeth — H4256

H4256 · Hebrew — מחלקת

Pronunciation: makh-al-o'-keth

Definition

feminine noun

a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)

  1. division, course, class, share, allotment
    1. division, part
    2. division, class, course
      1. of priests, Levites (technical term of organisation)

Usually translated as

course, company, division, portion

Origin

from H2505

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Machălôqeth occurs 42 times in 37 verses of the King James.

Plus 1 use with no word of its own in the translation, shown at the end of the list.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (3), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (22), 2 Chronicles (9), Nehemiah (1), Ezekiel (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M