NAVE: Calcol
EBD: Calcol
SMITH: CALCOL
ISBE: CALCOL; CHALKOL
Calcol
In Bible versions:
Calcol: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEVKalkol: NET
nourishing
son of Zerah son of Judah
son of Zerah son of Judah
Hebrew
Strongs #03633: lklk Kalkol
Calcol or Chalcol = "sustaining"1) son or descendant of Zerah of Judah and one of the wise men with
whom Solomon was compared
3633 Kalkol kal-kole'
from 3557; sustenance; Calcol, an Israelite: KJV -- Calcol, Chalcol.see HEBREW for 03557
Calcol [nave]
CALCOL, son of Zerah, 1 Chr. 2:6.Calcol [ebd]
(1 Chr. 2:6), sustenance, the same probably as Chalcol (1 Kings 4:31), one of the four sages whom Solomon excelled in wisdom; for "he was wiser than all men."
CALCOL [smith]
(sustenance), a man of Judah, son or descendant of Zerah. (1 Chronicles 2:6) Probably identical withCALCOL; CHALKOL [isbe]
CALCOL; CHALKOL - kal'-kol, kal'-kol (kalkol): Mentioned in 1 Ki 4:31 as one of the wise men with whom Solomon was compared. The better orthography is Calcol which the King James Version gives for the same name in 1 Ch 2:6. In the former passage, Calcol is the son of Mahol, while in the latter he is called the son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah, and a brother of Heman and Ethan.
