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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 make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:12 - But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 - They will summon peoples to the mountain and there offer the sacrifices of the righteous; they will feast on the abundance of the seas, on the treasures hidden in the sand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots—a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 - The Philistines assembled to fight Israel, with three thousand[fn] chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash, east of Beth Aven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - “So I advise you: Let all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba—as numerous as the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, with you yourself leading them into battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 - God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - He rained meat down on them like dust, birds like sand on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 - Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22 - Though your people be like the sand by the sea, Israel, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - Your descendants would have been like the sand, your children like its numberless grains; their name would never be blotted out nor destroyed from before me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Should you not fear me?” declares the LORD. “Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. At midday I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men; suddenly I will bring down on them anguish and terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless as the stars in the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - “Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:9 - they all come intent on violence. Their hordes[fn] advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.
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