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Lexicon :: Strong's H2344 - ḥôl

Aa
חוֹל
Transliteration
ḥôl
Pronunciation
khole
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 623a

Strong’s Definitions

חוֹל chôwl, khole; from H2342; sand (as round or whirling particles):—sand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H2344 in the following manner: sand (23x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H2344 in the following manner: sand (23x).

  1. sand

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חוֹל chôwl, khole; from H2342; sand (as round or whirling particles):—sand.
STRONGS H2344: Abbreviations
† חוֺל noun masculineHos 2:1 sand (perhaps as turning or whirling; otherwise explained by Sta, see below חֲוִילָה; Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חָלָא, Hxo) — ח׳ absolute Genesis 22:17 + 15 times; construct Genesis 32:13 + 6 times; — sand Exodus 2:12 (E); set as bound for sea Jeremiah 5:22; שְׂפֻנֵי טמוני ח׳ Deuteronomy 33:19 hidden treasures of sand, poetic for glass (regarded as mysteriously produced out of sand, see Di and references);
a. usually sand of seashore, simile of numberlessness, vastness, so of Abraham's seed Genesis 22:17 (J; compare Genesis 15:5); Jacob's Genesis 32:13 (E) of a host Joshua 11:4 (JE), Judges 7:12; 1 Samuel 13:5; 2 Samuel 17:11; a people 1 Kings 4:20; Hosea 2:1; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 48:19 (|| וְצֶאֱצָאֵי מֶעֶיךָ כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו), Jeremiah 33:22; Habakkuk 1:9; of corn gathered by Joseph Genesis 41:49; of days of Job Job 29:18 (on interpretation = phoenix, see Di); of birds עוף כנף (i.e. quails) Psalm 78:27 (|| כֶּעָפָר); of vast extent of Solomon's wisdom 1 Kings 5:9.
b. in compare, more than the sand Jeremiah 15:8 (widows of Judah); thoughts of God Psalm 139:18.
c. of weight (in balances), metaphor of Job's vexation (כַּעַשׂ) Job 6:3 heavier than the sand, compare וְנֵטֶל הַחוֺל Proverbs 27:3 (|| כֹּבֶד אֶבֶן), said of כַּעַס אֱוִיל. — Combinations are: כח׳ אשׁר על שׂפת הים Genesis 22:17; Joshua 11:4; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Kings 5:9; הַיָּם כח׳ Genesis 32:13; Genesis 41:49; Isaiah 10:22; Hosea 2:1 (+ אשׁר לא יִמַּד ולא יִסָּפֵר); הַיָּם ח׳ Jeremiah 33:22; שֶׁעַלשֿׂפת הים לרב כח׳ Judges 7:12; אשׁרעֿלהֿים לרב כח׳ 2 Samuel 17:11; 1 Kings 4:20; (מ)חול יַמִּים Job 6:3; Psalm 78:27; Jeremiah 15:8.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:5; 22:17; 22:17; 22:17; 32:13; 32:13; 32:13; 41:49; 41:49

Exodus

2:12

Deuteronomy

33:19

Joshua

11:4; 11:4

Judges

7:12; 7:12

1 Samuel

13:5; 13:5

2 Samuel

17:11; 17:11

1 Kings

4:20; 4:20; 5:9; 5:9

Job

6:3; 6:3; 29:18

Psalms

78:27; 78:27; 139:18

Proverbs

27:3

Isaiah

10:22; 10:22; 48:19

Jeremiah

5:22; 15:8; 15:8; 33:22; 33:22

Hosea

2:1; 2:1; 2:1

Habakkuk

1:9

H2344

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2344 matches the Hebrew חוֹל (ḥôl),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:12 - And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - And turning this way and that, and seeing no one, he put the Egyptian to death, covering his body with sand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 - They will send out the word for the people to come to the mountain, taking there the offerings of righteousness: for the store of the seas will be theirs, and the secret wealth of the sand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - And they went out, they and all their armies with them, a great people, in number like the sand on the seaside, with horses and war-carriages in great number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 - And the Philistines came together to make war on Israel, three thousand war-carriages and six thousand horsemen and an army of people like the sands of the sea in number: they came up and took up their position in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 - And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 - If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22 - For though your people, O Israel, are as the sand of the sea, only a small number will come back: for the destruction is fixed, overflowing in righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - I have let their widows be increased in number more than the sand of the seas: I have sent against them, against the mother and the young men, one who makes waste in the heat of the day, causing pain and fears to come on her suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - As it is not possible for the army of heaven to be numbered, or the sand of the sea measured, so will I make the seed of my servant David, and the Levites my servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:9 - They are coming all of them with force; the direction of their faces is forward, the number of their prisoners is like the sands of the sea.
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