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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.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - indeed H3588 I will greatly H1288 bless H1288 you, and I will greatly H7235 multiply H7235 your [fn]seed H2233 as the stars H3556 of the heavens H8064 and as the sand H2344, which H834 is on the seashore H3220 H8193; and your [fn]seed H2233 shall possess H3423 the gate H8179 of [fn]their enemies H340.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:12 - “For You said H559, ‘I will assuredly H3190 [fn]make H3190 you prosper H3190 and make H7760 your [fn]descendants H2233 as the sand H2344 of the sea H3220, which H834 is too H4480 great H7230 to be counted H5608.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - Joseph H3130 stored H6651 up H6651 grain H1250 [fn]in great H3966 abundance H3966 like the sand H2344 of the sea H3220, until H5704 H3588 he stopped H2308 [fn]measuring H5608 it, for it was [fn]beyond H369 measure H4557.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - So he [fn]looked H6437 this H3541 way H3541 and that H3541, and when he saw H7200 that there H369 was H369 no H369 one H376 around, he struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 the Egyptian H4713, and hid H2934 [fn]his body in the sand H2344.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 -

“They will call H7121 peoples H5971 to the mountain H2022;

There H8033 they will offer H2076 righteous H6664 sacrifices H2077;

For they will [fn]draw H3243 out H3243 the abundance H8228 of the seas H3220,

And the hidden H2934 treasures H5603 of the sand H2344.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - Then they came H3318 out H3318, they and all H3605 their armies H4264 with them, as many H7227 people H5971 as the sand H2344 that is on the seashore H3220 H8193, with very H3966 many H7227 horses H5483 and chariots H7393.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - Now the Midianites H4080, the Amalekites H6002, and all H3605 the [fn]people H1121 of the east H6924 were lying H5307 in the valley H6010 as numerous H7230 as locusts H697; and their camels H1581 were without H369 number H4557, as numerous H7230 as the sand H2344 on the seashore H3220 H8193.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 -

Now the Philistines H6430 assembled H622 to fight H3898 with Israel H3478, thirty H7970 thousand H505 chariots H7393 and six H8337 thousand H505 horsemen H6571, and people H5971 like the sand H2344 which H834 is on the seashore H3220 H8193 in abundance H7230; and they came H5927 up H5927 and camped H2583 in Michmash H4363, east H6926 of Beth-aven H1007.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - “But I advise H3289 that all H3605 Israel H3478 be fully H622 gathered H622 to you, from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba H884, like the sand H2344 that is by the sea H3220 in abundance H7230; and that [fn]you personally H6440 go H1980 into battle H7128.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 -

Judah H3063 and Israel H3478 were as numerous H7227 as the sand H2344 that is on the [fn]seashore H3220 in abundance H7230; they were eating H398, drinking H8354, and rejoicing H8056.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 -

Now God H430 gave H5414 Solomon H8010 wisdom H2451 and very H3966 great H7235 discernment H8394 and breadth H7341 of [fn]mind H3820, like the sand H2344 that is on the seashore H3220 H8193.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 -

“For then H6258 it would be H3513 heavier H3513 than H4480 the sand H2344 of the seas H3220;

For H5921 that H5921 H3651 reason H5921 H3651 my words H1697 have been H3886 rash H3886.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 -

“Then I [fn]thought H559, ‘I will die H1478 with my [fn]family H7064,

And I will multiply H7235 my days H3117 as the sand H2344.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 -

When He rained H4305 meat H7607 upon them like the dust H6083,

Even winged H3671 fowl H5775 like the sand H2344 of the seas H3220,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 -

Were I to count H5608 them, they would outnumber H7235 the sand H2344.

When I awake H6974, I am still H5750 with You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 -

A stone H68 is heavy H3514 and the sand H2344 weighty H5192,

But the provocation H3708 of a fool H191 is heavier H3515 than H4480 both H8147 of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22 -

For though H518 your people H5971, Israel H3478, may be like the sand H2344 of the sea H3220,

Only a remnant H7605 within them will return H7725;

A destruction H3631 is determined H2782, overflowing H7857 with righteousness H6666.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 -

“Your [fn]descendants H2233 would have been H1961 like the sand H2344,

And [fn]your offspring H6631 H4578 like its grains H4579;

Their name H8034 would never H3808 be eliminated H3772 or destroyed H8045 from My presence H6440.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 -

‘Do you not fear H3372 Me?’ declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

‘Do you not tremble H2342 in My presence H6440?

For I have placed H7760 the sand H2344 as a boundary H1366 for the sea H3220,

An eternal H5769 limit H2706, and it will not cross H5674 over H5674 it.

Though the waves H1530 toss H1607, they cannot H3808 prevail H3201;

Though they roar H1993, they will not cross H5674 over H5674 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 -

“Their widows H490 will be H6105 more H4480 numerous H6105 before Me

Than H4480 the sand H2344 of the seas H3220;

I will bring H935 against them, against H5921 the mother H517 of a young H970 man H970,

A destroyer H7703 at noon H6672;

I will suddenly H6597 bring H5307 down H5307 on her

Shock H5892 and horror H928.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - ‘As the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights H6635 cannot H3808 be counted H5608, and the sand H2344 of the sea H3220 cannot H3808 be measured H4058, so H3651 I will multiply H7235 the [fn]descendants H2233 of My servant H5650 David H1732 and the Levites H3881 who serve H8334 Me.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 -

[fn]Yet the number H4557 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478

Will be like the sand H2344 of the sea H3220,

Which H834 cannot H3808 be measured H4058 or counted H5608;

And in the place H4725

Where H834 it is said H559 to them,

“You are not My people H5971,”

It will be said H559 to them,

You are the sons H1121 of the living H2416 God H410.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:9 -

“All H3605 of them come H935 for violence H2555.

[fn]Their horde H4041 of faces H6440 moves H6923 forward H6923.

They gather H622 captives H7628 like sand H2344.

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