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Helek

חֵ֫לֶק · che.leq · H2507חֶלְקִי · chel.qi · H2516“part; portion” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions in 2 books, most in Numbers (1)

Who he was

Helek was a son of Gilead, who was a descendant of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. He is mentioned in the genealogies of the tribe of Manasseh in Numbers and Joshua (Numbers 26:30; Joshua 17:2). Helek's descendants were known as the Helekites, one of the clans within the tribe of Manasseh. The Helekites, along with the other clans of Manasseh, received their inheritance in the Promised Land under the leadership of Joshua (Joshua 17:2). No further information is provided about Helek himself in the Bible. (Numbers 26:30; Joshua 17:2).

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Family

FatherGileadSiblingsAbiezer, Asriel, Shechem, Shemida, Hepher
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Every mention

2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Numbers 1 mention

Numbers 26:30These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

Joshua 1 mention

Joshua 17:2So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, for the children of Helek, for the children of Asriel, for the children of…

What the dictionary says

A portion, (Josh. 17:2), descended from Manasseh.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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