Calcol

In Bible versions:

Calcol: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Kalkol: NET

son of Zerah son of Judah

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nourishing

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:-Calcol,
Chalcol.
see HEBREW for 03557

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 [NAVE]

CALCOL, son of Zerah, 1 Chr. 2:6.

CALCOL [SMITH]

(sustenance), a man of Judah, son or descendant of Zerah. (1 Chronicles 2:6) Probably identical with CHALCOL.

CALCOL; 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.