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Lexicon :: Strong's H2420 - ḥîḏâ

Aa
חִידָה
Transliteration
ḥîḏâ
Pronunciation
khee-daw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 616a

Strong’s Definitions

חִידָה chîydâh, khee-daw'; from H2330; a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim:—dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H2420 in the following manner: riddle (9x), dark sayings (3x), hard question (2x), dark sentence (1x), proverb (1x), dark speech (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H2420 in the following manner: riddle (9x), dark sayings (3x), hard question (2x), dark sentence (1x), proverb (1x), dark speech (1x).

  1. riddle, difficult question, parable, enigmatic saying or question, perplexing saying or question

    1. riddle (dark obscure utterance)

    2. riddle, enigma (to be guessed)

    3. perplexing questions (difficult)

    4. double dealing (with 'havin')

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חִידָה chîydâh, khee-daw'; from H2330; a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim:—dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
STRONGS H2420: Abbreviations
† חִידָה noun feminine riddle, enigmatic, perplexing saying or question; — absolute ח׳ Judges 14:12 + 6 times; suffix חִידָתִי Judges 14:18; Psalm 49:5; חִידָֽתְךָ Judges 14:13; plural absolute חִידוֺת 1 Kings 10:1 + 4 times; חִידֹת Numbers 12:8; suffix חִידֹתָם Proverbs 1:6; —
1. riddle＝dark, obscure utterance Numbers 12:8 (J E; opposed to פֶּה־אֶל־פֶּה and מַרְאֶה); of something put indirectly and needing interpretation; — an allegory חוד ח׳ Ezekiel 17:2 (|| מְשֹׁל מָשָׁל); allegorical and figurative sayings Proverbs 1:6 (|| מְלִיצָה מָשָׁל and בְרֵי חֲכָמִים Di); enigmatic sentences and comparisons, declaring fate of Chaldeans Habakkuk 2:6 (+ מְלִיצָה; || מָשָׁל), perplexing moral problem Psalm 49:5 (with פָּתַח open, propound; || מָשָׁל), a lesson taught indirectly Psalm 78:2 (מִנִּי קֶדֶם ח׳, with הִבִּיעַ; || מָשָׁל).
2. riddle, enigma, to be guessed, in Judges 14:
a. with verb חוּד Judges 14:12, 13, 16 propound a riddle.
b. with verb הִגִּיד tell (give answer to) a riddle Judges 14:14, 15, 17, 19.
c. with verb מצא find out a riddle Judges 14:18.
3. perplexing questions by which queen of Sheba put Solomon to the test (נִסָּה) 1 Kings 10:1 2 Chronicles 9:1.
4. with הֵבִין skilled in double-dealing Daniel 8:23 (Bev).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

12:8; 12:8

Judges

14; 14:12; 14:12; 14:13; 14:13; 14:14; 14:15; 14:16; 14:17; 14:18; 14:18; 14:19

1 Kings

10:1; 10:1

2 Chronicles

9:1

Psalms

49:5; 49:5; 78:2

Proverbs

1:6; 1:6

Ezekiel

17:2

Daniel

8:23

Habakkuk

2:6

H2420

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2420 matches the Hebrew חִידָה (ḥîḏâ),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:8 - With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:13 - But if you are not able to give me the answer, then you will have to give me thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing. And they said to him, Put your hard question and let us see what it is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - And he said, Out of the taker of food came food, and out of the strong came the sweet. And at the end of three days they were still not able to give the answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:15 - So on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, Get from your husband the answer to his question by some trick or other, or we will have you and your father's house burned with fire; did you get us here to take all we have?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16 - Then Samson's wife, weeping over him, said, Truly you have no love for me but only hate; you have put a hard question to the children of my people and have not given me the answer. And he said to her, See, I have not given the answer even to my father or my mother; am I to give it to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - And all the seven days of the feast she went on weeping over him; and on the seventh day he gave her the answer, because she gave him no peace; and she sent word of it to the children of her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer to my question.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - And the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and, attacking thirty men there, took their clothing from them, and gave it to the men who had given the answer to his hard question. Then, full of wrath, he went back to his father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 - I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:2 - Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6 - To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:2 - Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:23 - And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!
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