Limitless Word
חֶלְאָהchelʼâh/khel-aw'/
HebrewH24575 occurrences (KJV)

properly, disease; hence, rust

KJV renders it: scum.

Where it appears(showing the first 3 of 5)

  • Ezek 24:6Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city, to the cauldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen on it.
  • Ezek 24:11Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its brass may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.
  • Ezek 24:12She is weary with toil; yet her great rust, rust by fire, doesn’t leave her.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.