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Lexicon :: Strong's H2344 - ḥôl

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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 Box Gen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his[fn] enemies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:12 - But you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 - They shall call peoples to their mountain;
there they offer right sacrifices;
for they draw from the abundance of the seas
and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 - And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and troops like the sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 - And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
and I shall multiply my days as the sand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - he rained meat on them like dust,
winged birds like the sand of the seas;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 - If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22 - For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - your offspring would have been like the sand,
and your descendants like its grains;
their name would never be cut off
or destroyed from before me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Do you not fear me? declares the LORD.
Do you not tremble before me?
I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea,
a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass;
though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
though they roar, they cannot pass over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - I have made their widows more in number
than the sand of the seas;
I have brought against the mothers of young men
a destroyer at noonday;
I have made anguish and terror
fall upon them suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - [fn] Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children[fn] of the living God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:9 - They all come for violence,
all their faces forward.
They gather captives like sand.
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