Strong’s H2500 · Hebrew
חֵלֶף
chêleph · klay'-lef
Origin from חָלַף (H2498);
Meaning properly, exchange; hence (as preposition) instead of
In the King James Version [idiom] for.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Numbers 18:21And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Numbers 18:31And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
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.