Strong’s H2489 · Hebrew
חֵלְכָא
chêlᵉkâʼ · khay-lek-aw'
Origin or חֵלְכָה; apparently from an unused root probably meaning to be dark or (figuratively) unhappy;
Meaning a wretch, i.e. unfortunate
In the King James Version poor.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
- Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.