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Lexicon :: Strong's H2543 - ḥămôr

Aa
חֲמוֹר
Transliteration
ḥămôr
Pronunciation
kham-ore'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 685a

Strong’s Definitions

חֲמוֹר chămôwr, kham-ore'; or (shortened) חֲמֹר chămôr; from H2560; a male ass (from its dun red):—(he) ass.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 96x

The KJV translates Strong's H2543 in the following manner: ass (96x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 96x
The KJV translates Strong's H2543 in the following manner: ass (96x).
  1. (he) ass

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲמוֹר chămôwr, kham-ore'; or (shortened) חֲמֹר chămôr; from H2560; a male ass (from its dun red):—(he) ass.
STRONGS H2543: Abbreviations
† I. חֲמוֺר noun [masculine] heap, absolute ח׳ with dual חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם (Baer חְִמֹרֹת׳), as if from חֲמֹרָה; — בִּלְחִי הַחֲמוֺר חֲמוֺר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם H2565 Judges 15:16 with the ass's jawbone, a heap, two heaps, i.e. so many slain.

† II. חֲמוֺר noun masculineGenesis 45:23 (he)-ass (Late Hebrew id. (sometimes female, but this regularly חֲמוֺרָה); Aramaic הֲמָרָא, axrxmo Arabic حِمَارً, Palmyrene חמרא ReckendZMG 1888, 404; as imêru, SchrCot Gloss; — name from reddish colour) — absolute חֲמוֺר Genesis 22:5 + 43 times; חֲמֹר Exodus 13:13; Deuteronomy 22:10; construct חֲמוֺר Exodus 23:5 + 4 times; הֲמֹר Genesis 49:14; suffix חֲמֹרְךָ Deuteronomy 5:14; Deuteronomy 28:31; חֲמֹרֶ֑ךָ Exodus 23:12; חֲמֹרוֺ Genesis 22:3 + 8 times; plural חֲמוֺרִים Judges 19:10 + 9 times; חֲמֹרִים Genesis 12:16 + 16 times; suffix חֲמוֺרֵינוּ Judges 19:19; חֲמֹרֵינוּ Genesis 43:18; חֲמוֺרֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 8:16; חֲמֹרֵיהֶם Genesis 34:28 + 4 times; חֲמוֺרֵיהֶם Joshua 9:4; — ass (he-ass; אתוןshe-ass) found in all periods (collective only Genesis 32:26 [Genesis 32:25; Isaiah 21:7); —
1. as (valuable) property, with oxen, sheep, camels, slaves, etc. Genesis 12:16; Genesis 24:35; Genesis 30:48; Genesis 47:17; Exodus 9:3 (all J) Exodus 20:17 (E), Exodus 21:33; Exodus 22:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 22:9; Exodus 23:4, 5, 12; Numbers 16:15; Joshua 6:21; Joshua 7:24 (all J E); note also Exodus 13:13Exodus 34:20 (J E; firstlings belong to י׳); Genesis 36:24; Numbers 31:28, 30, 34, 39, 45 (all P); Deuteronomy 5:14, 18; Deuteronomy 22:3, 4; Judges 6:4; 1 Samuel 8:16; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 22:19; 1 Samuel 27:9; 1 Chronicles 5:21; Ezra 2:67Nehemiah 7:68 (Baer), Zechariah 14:15; collective Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4 (J; || שׁוֺר), צאֹן, עֶבֶד, שִׁפְחָה, but plural (similar ||) Genesis 34:28 (P), Genesis 47:17 (J); compare also יְתוֺמִים ח׳ Job 24:3 the orphans' ass (|| שׁוֺר אַלְמָנָה); as knowing its master's crib Isaiah 1:3 (|| שׁוֺר); found in camp 2 Kings 7:7, 10 (both || סוּסִים); as harnessed מֶתֶג לַה׳ Proverbs 26:3 (|| סוּס).
2. used for riding :
c. צֶמֶד חמורים a pair of asses 2 Samuel 16:1 (for burdens and for riding); for man and woman Judges 19:3, 10, 19, 21; carrying dead body Judges 19:28, compare ח׳ 1 Kings 13:29.
3. beast of burden Genesis 22:3, 5 (compare Genesis 22:6), Genesis 42:26, 27; Genesis 45:23 (all E) Genesis 43:18, 24; Genesis 44:3, 13 (all J), Joshua 9:4 (JE), 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Chronicles 12:41; Nehemiah 13:15 (compare also צֶמֶד ח׳ 2 Samuel 16:1 above); metaphor of Issachar נָּ֑רֶם ח׳ Genesis 49:14 (poem), an ass of (strong) bones.לֶחֶם ח׳ 1 Samuel 16:20 read probably חֲמִשָּׁה five, or better עֲשָׂרָה ten, see We Dr.
4. used in tillage Isaiah 32:20; not to be used in ploughing with an ox (שׁוֺר) Deuteronomy 22:10.
5. parts of body of ass mentioned are: לְחִי ח׳ Judges 15:15, 16 jawbone, Samson's weapon; ראֹשׁ ח׳ 2 Kings 6:25 eaten in famine; בְּשַׂר ה׳ Ezekiel 23:20 Genital organ of ass (contemptuous simile)
6. קְבוּרַת ה׳ Jeremiah 22:19 burial of an ass, in figure of ignominious treatment of a corpse.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:16; 12:16; 22:3; 22:3; 22:5; 22:5; 22:6; 24:35; 32:4; 32:25; 34:28; 34:28; 36:24; 42:26; 42:27; 43:18; 43:18; 43:24; 44:3; 44:13; 45:23; 45:23; 47:17; 47:17; 49:14; 49:14

Exodus

4:20; 9:3; 13:13; 13:13; 20:17; 21:33; 22:8; 22:9; 23:4; 23:5; 23:5; 23:12; 23:12; 34:20

Numbers

16:15; 31:28; 31:30; 31:34; 31:39; 31:45

Deuteronomy

5:14; 5:14; 5:18; 22:3; 22:4; 22:10; 22:10; 28:31

Joshua

6:21; 7:24; 9:4; 9:4; 15:18

Judges

1:14; 6:4; 15:15; 15:16; 15:16; 19:3; 19:10; 19:10; 19:19; 19:19; 19:21; 19:28

1 Samuel

8:16; 8:16; 12:3; 15:3; 16:20; 22:19; 25:18; 25:20; 25:23; 25:42; 27:9

2 Samuel

16:1; 16:1; 16:2; 17:23; 19:27

1 Kings

2:40; 13:13; 13:23; 13:24; 13:27; 13:28; 13:29

2 Kings

6:25; 7:7; 7:10

1 Chronicles

5:21

2 Chronicles

28:15

Ezra

2:67

Nehemiah

7:68; 13:15

Job

24:3

Proverbs

26:3

Isaiah

1:3; 21:7; 21:7; 32:20

Jeremiah

22:19

Ezekiel

23:20

Zechariah

9:9; 14:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2543 matches the Hebrew חֲמוֹר (ḥămôr),
which occurs 96 times in 93 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 12:16–Jdg 19:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - Therefore he treated H3190 Abram H87 well H3190 for her sake H5668; and [fn]he gave H1961 him sheep H6629, oxen H1241, male H2543 donkeys H2543, male H5650 servants H5650 and female H8198 servants H8198, female H860 donkeys H860, and camels H1581.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - So Abraham H85 got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and saddled H2280 his donkey H2543, and took H3947 two H8147 of his young H5288 men H5288 with him and his son H1121 Isaac H3327; and he split H1234 wood H6086 for the burnt H5930 offering H5930, and set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to the place H4725 of which H834 God H430 had told H559 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - Then Abraham H85 said H559 to his young H5288 men H5288, “Stay H3427 here H6311 with the donkey H2543, and I and the boy H5288 will go H1980 over H5704 H3541 there H5704 H3541; and we will worship H2331 and return H7725 to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - “The LORD H3068 has greatly H3966 blessed H1288 my master H113, so that he has become H1431 [fn]rich H1431; and He has given H5414 him flocks H6629 and herds H1241, and silver H3701 and gold H2091, and servants H5650 and slave H8198 women H8198, and camels H1581 and donkeys H2543.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - So the man H376 [fn]became H6555 exceedingly H3966 prosperous H6555, and had H1961 large H7227 flocks H6629, and female H8198 and male H5650 servants H5650 H8198, and camels H1581 and donkeys H2543.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - and I have H1961 oxen H7794, donkeys H2543, flocks H6629, and male H5650 and female H8198 servants H5650 H8198; and I have sent H7971 messengers to tell H5046 my lord H113, so that I may find H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28 - They took H3947 their flocks H6629, their herds H1241, and their donkeys H2543, and that which H834 was in the city H5892 and that which H834 was in the field H7704;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:24 - And these H428 are the sons H1121 of Zibeon H6649: Aiah H345 and Anah H6034—he is the Anah H6034 who H834 found H4672 the hot H3222 springs H3222 in the wilderness H4057 when he was pasturing H7462 the donkeys H2543 of his father H1 Zibeon H6649.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:26 -

So they loaded H5375 their donkeys H2543 with their grain H7668 and departed H1980 from there H8033.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:27 - But when one H259 of them opened H6605 his sack H8242 to give H5414 his donkey H2543 feed H4554 at the overnight H4411 campsite H4411, he saw H7200 his money H3701; and behold H2009, it was in the opening H6310 of his sack H572!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - Now the men H376 were H3372 afraid H3372, because H3588 they were brought H935 to Joseph’s H3130 house H1004; and they said H559, “It is because H5921 H1697 of the money H3701 that was returned H7725 in our sacks H572 the first H8462 time H8462 that we are being brought H935 in H935, so that he may [fn]attack H1556 us and [fn]overpower H5307 us, and take H3947 us as slaves H5650 with our donkeys H2543.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:24 - Then the man H376 brought H935 the men H376 into Joseph’s H3130 house H1004 and gave H5414 them water H4325, and they washed H7364 their feet H7272; and he gave H5414 their donkeys H2543 feed H4554.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:3 - [fn]As soon H1242 as it was light H215, the men H376 were sent H7971 away H7971, they with their donkeys H2543.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13 - Then they tore H7167 their clothes H8071 in grief, and when each H376 man H376 had loaded H6006 his donkey H2543, they returned H7725 to the city H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:23 - And to his father H1 he sent H7971 [fn]the following H2088: ten H6235 male H2543 donkeys H2543 loaded H5375 with the [fn]best H2898 things H2898 of Egypt H4714, ten H6235 female H860 donkeys H860 loaded H5375 with grain H1250, bread H3899, and sustenance H4202 for his father H1 [fn]on the journey H1870.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:17 - So they brought H935 their livestock H4735 to Joseph H3130, and Joseph H3130 gave H5414 them [fn]food H3899 in exchange for the horses H5483 and the [fn]flocks H6629 and the herds H1241 and the donkeys H2543; and he [fn]fed H5095 them with [fn]food H3899 in exchange for all H3605 their livestock H4735 [fn]that year H8141.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:14 -

“Issachar H3485 is a [fn]strong H1634 donkey H2543,

Lying H7257 down H7257 between H996 the sheepfolds H4942.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:20 - So Moses H4872 took H3947 his wife H802 and his sons H1121 and mounted H7392 them on a donkey H2543, and returned H7725 to the land H776 of Egypt H4714. Moses H4872 also took H3947 the staff H4294 of God H430 in his hand H3027.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold H2009, the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 [fn]will come H1961 with a very H3966 severe H3515 plague H1698 on your livestock H4735 which H834 are in the field H7704, on the horses H5483, on the donkeys H2543, on the camels H1581, on the herds H1241, and on the flocks H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - “But every H3605 firstborn H6363 of a donkey H2543 you shall redeem H6299 with a lamb H7716, but if H518 you do not redeem H6299 it, then you shall break H6202 its neck H6202; and every H3605 [fn]firstborn H1060 among your sons H1121 you shall redeem H6299.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 -

“You shall not covet H2530 your neighbor’s H7453 house H1004; you shall not covet H2530 your neighbor’s H7453 wife H802, or his male H5650 slave H5650, or his female H519 slave H519, or his ox H7794, or his donkey H2543, or anything H3605 that belongs to your neighbor H7453.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 -

“Now if H3588 someone H376 opens H6605 a pit H953, or H176 [fn]digs H3738 a pit H953 and does not cover H3680 it, and an ox H7794 or H176 a donkey H2543 falls H5307 into it,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - “If H518 what H1591 he stole H1591 is actually H4672 found H4672 alive H2416 in his [fn]possession H3027, whether H4480 an ox H7794 or H5704 a donkey H2543 or H5704 a sheep H7716, he shall pay H7999 double H8147.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - “For every H3605 [fn]breach H6588 of H6588 trust H6588, whether it is for ox H7794, for donkey H2543, for sheep H7716, for clothing H8008, or for any H3605 lost H9 thing H9 about which H834 one says H559, ‘This H2088 is it,’ the [fn]case H1697 of both H8147 parties shall come H935 before H5704 [fn]the judges H430; he whom H834 [fn]the judges H430 condemn H7561 shall pay H7999 double H8147 to his neighbor H7453.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 -

“If H3588 someone H376 gives H5414 his neighbor H7453 a donkey H2543, an ox H7794, a sheep H7716, or H176 any H3605 animal H929 to keep H8104 for him, and it dies H4191 or H176 is injured H7665 or H176 is driven H7617 away H7617 while no H369 one H369 is looking H7200,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 -

“If H3588 you encounter H6293 your enemy’s H340 ox H7794 or H176 his donkey H2543 wandering H8582 away H8582, you must H7725 return H7725 it to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - “If H3588 you see H7200 the donkey H2543 of one who hates H8130 you lying H7257 helpless under H8478 its load H4853, you shall not leave H5800 it helpless for [fn]its owner; you must H5800 arrange H5800 the load with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 -

“For six H8337 days H3117 you are to do H6213 your work H4639, but on the seventh H7637 day H3117 you shall cease H7673 from labor so H4616 that H4616 your ox H7794 and your donkey H2543 may rest H5117, and the son H1121 of your female H519 slave H519, as well as the stranger H1616 residing with you, may refresh H5314 themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:20 - “You shall redeem H6299 with a lamb H7716 the firstborn H1060 from a donkey H2543; and if H518 you do not redeem H6299 it, then you shall break H6202 its neck H6202. You shall redeem H6299 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 of your sons H1121. [fn]None H3808 are to appear H7200 before H6440 Me empty-handed H7387.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 -

Then Moses H4872 became H2734 very H3966 angry H2734 and said H559 to the LORD H3068, “Pay H6437 no H408 attention H6437 to their offering H4503! I have not taken H5375 a single H259 donkey H2543 from them, nor H3808 have I done H7489 harm H7489 to any H259 of them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - “Also, collect H7311 a tribute H4371 tax H4371 for the LORD H3068 from the men H376 of war H4421 who went H3318 to battle H4421, one H259 [fn]in five H2568 hundred H3967 of the persons H120, of the cattle H1241, of the donkeys H2543, and of the sheep H6629;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - “And from the sons H1121 of Israel’s H3478 half H4276, you shall take H3947 one H259 drawn H270 from every fifty H2572 of the persons H120, of the cattle H1241, of the donkeys H2543, and of the sheep H6629, from all H3605 the animals H929; and give H5414 them to the Levites H3881 who perform H8104 the duty H4931 of the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD H3068.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:34 - sixty-one H259 H8346 thousand H505 donkeys H2543,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39 - the donkeys H2543 were 30,500 H7970 H505 H2568 H3967, from which the LORD’S H3068 tribute H4371 tax H4371 was sixty-one H259 H8346;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:45 - 30,500 H7970 H505 H2568 H3967 donkeys H2543,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - but the seventh H7637 day H3117 is a Sabbath H7676 of the LORD H3068 your God H430; you shall not do H6213 any H3605 work H4399 that day, you or your son H1121 or your daughter H1323, or your male H5650 slave H5650 or your female H519 slave H519, or your ox H7794, your donkey H2543, or any H3605 of your cattle H929, or your [fn]resident H1616 who H834 [fn]stays with you, so H4616 that H4616 your male H5650 slave H5650 and your female H519 slave H519 may rest H5117 as well as you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:21 -

‘You shall not covet H2530 your neighbor’s H7453 wife H802, nor H3808 desire H183 your neighbor’s H7453 house H1004, his field H7704, his male H5650 slave H5650 or his female H519 slave H519, his ox H7794, his donkey H2543, or anything H3605 that belongs to your neighbor H7453.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:3 - “You shall also do H6213 this H3651 with his donkey H2543, and you shall do H6213 the same H3651 with his garment H8071, and you shall do H6213 likewise H3651 with any H3605 lost H9 property H9 of your countryman H251, which H834 has been lost H6 by him and you have found H4672. You are not allowed H3201 to avoid H5956 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:4 - “You shall not see H7200 your countryman’s H251 donkey H2543 or H176 his ox H7794 fallen H5307 down H5307 on the road H1870, and avoid H5956 them; you shall certainly H6965 help H6965 him raise H6965 them up H6965.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:10 -

“You shall not plow H2790 with an ox H7794 and a donkey H2543 together H3162.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - “Your ox H7794 will be slaughtered H2873 before your eyes H5869, but you will not eat H398 of it; your donkey H2543 will be snatched H1497 away H1497 from you, and will not [fn]be restored H7725 to you; your [fn]sheep H6629 will be given H5414 to your enemies H340, and you will have H369 no H369 one H369 to save H3467 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - They [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763 everything H3605 in the city H5892, both H4480 H5704 man H376 and woman H802, young H5288 and old H2205, and ox H7794, sheep H7716, and donkey H2543, with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:24 - Then Joshua H3091, and all H3605 Israel H3478 with him, took H3947 Achan H5912 the son H1121 of Zerah H2226, the silver H3701, the robe H155, the bar H3956 of gold H2091, his sons H1121, his daughters H1323, his [fn]oxen H7794, his donkeys H2543, his sheep H6629, his tent H168, and all H3605 that belonged to him; and they brought H5927 them up H5927 to the Valley H6010 of [fn]Achor H5911.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - but they on their part H1571 acted H6213 craftily H6195 and went H1980 and took H6679 provisions H6679 for H6679 a H6679 journey H6679, and took H3947 worn-out H1087 sacks H8242 on their donkeys H2543, and wineskins H4997 that were worn H1087 out H1087, split H1234 open H1234, and patched H6887,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - And it happened H1961 that when she came H935 to him, she incited H5496 him to ask H7592 her father H1 for a field H7704. So she dismounted H6795 from the donkey H2543, and Caleb H3612 said H559 to her, “What H4100 do you want?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - Then it happened H1961 that when she came H935 to him, she incited H5496 him to ask H7592 her father H1 for a field H7704. Then later, she dismounted H6795 from [fn]her donkey H2543, and Caleb H3612 said H559 to her, “What H4100 [fn]do you want?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - So they would camp H2583 against H5921 them and destroy H7843 the produce H2981 of the earth H776 [fn]as far H5704 H935 as Gaza H5804, and leave H7604 no H3808 sustenance H4241 in Israel H3478, nor a sheep H7716, ox H7794, or donkey H2543.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:15 - Then he found H4672 a fresh H2961 jawbone H3895 of a donkey H2543, so he reached H7971 out H7971 with his hand H3027 and took H3947 it, and [fn]killed H5221 a thousand H505 men H376 with it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:16 - And Samson H8123 said H559,

“With the jawbone H3895 of a donkey H2543,

[fn]Heaps H2565 upon heaps H2565,

With the jawbone H3895 of a donkey H2543

I have [fn]killed H5221 a thousand H505 men H376.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - Then her husband H376 set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 after H310 her to speak H1696 [fn]gently H3820 to her in order to bring H7725 her back H7725, [fn]taking with him his servant H5288 and a pair H6776 of donkeys H2543. And she brought H935 him into her father’s H1 house H1004, and when the girl’s H5291 father H1 saw H7200 him, he was H8055 glad H8055 to meet H7122 him.

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