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Lexicon :: Strong's H2368 - ḥôṯām

Aa
חוֹתָם
Transliteration
ḥôṯām
Pronunciation
kho-thawm'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 780a

Strong’s Definitions

חוֹתָם chôwthâm, kho-thawm'; or חֹתָם chôthâm; from H2856; a signature-ring:—seal, signet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H2368 in the following manner: signet (9x), seal (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H2368 in the following manner: signet (9x), seal (5x).

  1. seal, signet, signet-ring

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חוֹתָם chôwthâm, kho-thawm'; or חֹתָם chôthâm; from H2856; a signature-ring:—seal, signet.
STRONGS H2368: Abbreviations
† I. חֹתָם, חוֺתָם noun masculineJob 41:7 seal, signet-ring (Aramaic axmtxo; Ethiopic ሚኀተሞ፡ — see LagBN 116) — absolute חֹתָם Exodus 28:11 + 2 times; חוֺתָם Jeremiah 22:24 + 8 times; suffix חֹתָֽמְךָ Genesis 38:18, חֹתָמוֺ 1 Kings 21:8; — on supposed construct חוֺתַם see foregoing H2856; — seal, signet-ring, hung by a cord (פָּתִיל) about the neck Genesis 38:18 (J; = חֹתֶמֶת Genesis 38:25), or (later ?) worn on (finger of) right hand Jeremiah 22:24, (BenzArchäol. 106); the two customs apparently combined Songs 8:6 (עַללִֿבֶֹּךָ, עַלזְֿרוֺעֶךָ); used to attest a royal missive 1 Kings 21:8 (instrumental of verb חתם); a precious article Haggai 2:23 (simile of Zerubbabel); מִּתּוּחֵי ח׳ engravings of a seal, as model for cutting names and inscription on precious stones and gold plate Exodus 28:11, 21, 26; Exodus 39:6, 14, 30 (all P; see Benz258ff.); חֹמֶר ח׳ Job 38:14 = clay of (under) a signet; צָ֑ר ח׳ Job 41:7 a close signet, i.e. one that is closely pressed down, simile of closely joined (סָגוּר) scales of crocodile.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:18; 38:18; 38:25

Exodus

28:11; 28:11; 28:21; 28:26; 39:6; 39:14; 39:30

1 Kings

21:8; 21:8

Job

38:14; 41:7; 41:7

Song of Songs

8:6

Jeremiah

22:24; 22:24

Haggai

2:23

H2368

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2368 matches the Hebrew חוֹתָם (ḥôṯām),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:18 - And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11 - With the work of a jeweller, like the cutting of a stamp, the names of the children of Israel are to be cut on them, and they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - The jewels are to be twelve in number, for the names of the children of Israel; every jewel having the name of one of the twelve tribes cut on it as on a stamp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:36 - You are to make a plate of the best gold, cutting on it, as on a stamp, these words: HOLY TO THE LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:6 - Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - There were twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel; on every one the name of one of the tribes of Israel was cut, like the cutting of a stamp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:30 - The plate for the holy crown was made of the best gold, and on it were cut these words, HOLY TO THE LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:8 - So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 - It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15 - His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:24 - By my life, says the Lord, even if Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, was the ring on my right hand, even from there I would have you pulled off;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23 - In that day, says the Lord of armies, I will take you, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, says the Lord, and will make you as a jewelled ring: for I have taken you to be mine, says the Lord of armies.
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