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Lexicon :: Strong's H2368 - ḥôṯām

Aa
חוֹתָם
Transliteration
ḥôṯām
Pronunciation
kho-thawm'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 780a

Strong’s Definitions

חוֹתָם chôwthâm, kho-thawm'; or חֹתָם chôthâm; from H2856; a signature-ring:—seal, signet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H2368 in the following manner: signet (9x), seal (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H2368 in the following manner: signet (9x), seal (5x).

  1. seal, signet, signet-ring

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חוֹתָם chôwthâm, kho-thawm'; or חֹתָם chôthâm; from H2856; a signature-ring:—seal, signet.
STRONGS H2368: Abbreviations
† I. חֹתָם, חוֺתָם noun masculineJob 41:7 seal, signet-ring (Aramaic axmtxo; Ethiopic ሚኀተሞ፡ — see LagBN 116) — absolute חֹתָם Exodus 28:11 + 2 times; חוֺתָם Jeremiah 22:24 + 8 times; suffix חֹתָֽמְךָ Genesis 38:18, חֹתָמוֺ 1 Kings 21:8; — on supposed construct חוֺתַם see foregoing H2856; — seal, signet-ring, hung by a cord (פָּתִיל) about the neck Genesis 38:18 (J; = חֹתֶמֶת Genesis 38:25), or (later ?) worn on (finger of) right hand Jeremiah 22:24, (BenzArchäol. 106); the two customs apparently combined Songs 8:6 (עַללִֿבֶֹּךָ, עַלזְֿרוֺעֶךָ); used to attest a royal missive 1 Kings 21:8 (instrumental of verb חתם); a precious article Haggai 2:23 (simile of Zerubbabel); מִּתּוּחֵי ח׳ engravings of a seal, as model for cutting names and inscription on precious stones and gold plate Exodus 28:11, 21, 26; Exodus 39:6, 14, 30 (all P; see Benz258ff.); חֹמֶר ח׳ Job 38:14 = clay of (under) a signet; צָ֑ר ח׳ Job 41:7 a close signet, i.e. one that is closely pressed down, simile of closely joined (סָגוּר) scales of crocodile.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:18; 38:18; 38:25

Exodus

28:11; 28:11; 28:21; 28:26; 39:6; 39:14; 39:30

1 Kings

21:8; 21:8

Job

38:14; 41:7; 41:7

Song of Songs

8:6

Jeremiah

22:24; 22:24

Haggai

2:23

H2368

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2368 matches the Hebrew חוֹתָם (ḥôṯām),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:18 - He said H559, “What H4100 pledge H6162 shall I give H5414 you?” And she said H559, “Your seal H2368 and your cord H6616, and your staff H4294 that is in your hand H3027.” So he gave H5414 them to her and had H935 relations H935 with H935 her, and she conceived H2029 by him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11 - “[fn]As a jeweler H2796 H68 engraves H6603 a signet H2368, you shall engrave H6605 the two H8147 stones H68 according H5921 to the names H8034 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; you shall [fn]set H6213 H5437 them in filigree H4865 settings H4865 of gold H2091.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - “The stones H68 shall be engraved according H5921 to the names H8034 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478: twelve H8147 H6240, according H5921 to their names H8034; they shall be like the engravings H6603 of a signet H2368, each H376 according H5921 to his name H8034 for the twelve H8147 H6240 tribes H7626.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:36 -

“You shall also make H6213 a plate H6731 of pure H2889 gold H2091 and engrave H6605 on it, like the engravings H6603 of a signet H2368, ‘Holy H6944 to the LORD H3068.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:6 -

They also made H6213 the onyx H7718 stones H68, set H5437 in gold H2091 filigree H4865 settings; they were engraved H6605 like the engravings H6603 of a signet H2368, according H5921 to the names H8034 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - The stones H68 corresponded H5921 to the names H8034 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; they were twelve H8147 H6240, corresponding H5921 to their names H8034, engraved with the engravings H6603 of a signet H2368, each H376 with its name H8034 for the twelve H8147 H6240 tribes H7626.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:30 -

They also made H6213 the plate H6731 of the holy H6944 crown H5145 of pure H2889 gold H2091, and [fn]inscribed H3789 it like the engravings H6603 of a signet H2368, “Holy H6944 to the LORD H3068.”

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So she wrote H3789 letters H5612 in Ahab’s H256 name H8034 and sealed H2856 them with his seal H2368, and sent H7971 the letters H5612 to the elders H2205 and to the nobles H2715 who H834 were living H3427 with Naboth H5022 in his city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 -

“It is changed H2015 like clay H2563 under the seal H2368;

And they stand H3320 out H3320 like H3644 a garment H3830.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15 -

“His [fn]strong H650 scales H4043 are his pride H1346,

Locked H5462 as with a tight H6862 seal H2368.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 -

“Put H7760 me like a seal H2368 over H5921 your heart H3820,

Like a seal H2368 on your arm H2220.

For love H160 is as strong H5794 as death H4194,

[fn]Jealousy H7068 is as severe H7186 as Sheol H7585;

Its flames H7565 are flames H7565 of fire H784,

[fn]The flame H7957 of the LORD H3050.

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“As I live H2416,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “even H3588 if H518 [fn]Coniah H3078 the son H1121 of Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah H3063 were a signet H2368 ring on My right H3225 hand H3027, yet H3588 I would pull H5423 [fn]you [fn]off H5423;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23 - ‘On that day H3117,’ declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, ‘I will take H3947 you, Zerubbabel H2216, son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, My servant H5650,’ declares H5002 the LORD H3068, ‘and I will make H7760 you like a [fn]signet H2368 ring H2368, for I have chosen H977 you,’” declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.
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