Strong's Hebrew · H2457
חֶלְאָה
chelʼâh · khel-aw'
Definitionproperly, disease; hence, rust
Derivationfrom H2456 (חָלָא);
KJV usagescum.
Occurrences5 in the KJV · 3 verses
חֶלְאָה in Scripture
Ezekiel 24:6
Wherefore 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 24:11
Then 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 24:12
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.