# חֶלְאָה (chelah)

Israeli respelling: chel-ah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2457. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, disease; hence, rust

King James renderings: scum.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chelah-h2457

## Occurrences

- [Ezekiel 24:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Ezekiel 24:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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,…
- [Ezekiel 24:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.