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Lexicon :: Strong's H2755 - ḥărê yônîm

Aa
חֲרֵי יוֹנִים
Transliteration
ḥărê yônîm
Pronunciation
khar-ay'-yo-neem'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the pl. of חֲרָאִים (H2716) and the pl. of יוֹנָה (H3123)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 730a

Strong’s Definitions

חֲרֵי־יוֹנִים chărêy-yôwnîym, khar-ay'-yo-neem'; from the plural of H2716 and the plural of H3123; or perhaps rather the plural of a single word חֲרָאיוֹן chărâʼyôwn, probably a kind of vegetable excrements of doves:—doves' dung.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H2755 in the following manner: variant (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H2755 in the following manner: variant (2x).
  1. dung, doves' dung

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲרֵי־יוֹנִים chărêy-yôwnîym, khar-ay'-yo-neem'; from the plural of H2716 and the plural of H3123; or perhaps rather the plural of a single word חֲרָאיוֹן chărâʼyôwn, probably a kind of vegetable excrements of doves:—doves' dung.
STRONGS H2755: Abbreviations
2 Kings 18:27 has חֲרִיהֶם (see singular חרי 2 Kings 6:25; Qr as above); חֲרִי יוֺנִים dove's dung 2 Kings 6:25 Kt (Qr דִּבִיוֺנִים); see, further, GeiUrschrift, 409.

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H2716.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

6:25; 6:25; 18:27

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2755 matches the Hebrew חֲרֵי יוֹנִים (ḥărê yônîm),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27 - But the Rab-shakeh said to them, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.
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