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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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With him I speak H1696 mouth H6310 to mouth H6310,

That is, openly H4758, and not [fn]using [fn]mysterious H2420 language H2420,

And he beholds H5027 the form H8544 of the LORD H3068.

So why H4069 were H3372 you not afraid H3372

To speak H1696 against My servant H5650, against Moses H4872?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - Then Samson H8123 said H559 to them, “Let me now H4994 propose H2330 a riddle H2420 for you; if H518 you actually H5046 tell H5046 me [fn]the answer within the seven H7651 days H3117 of the feast H4960, and solve H4672 it, then I will give H5414 you thirty H7970 linen H5466 wraps H5466 and thirty H7970 outfits H2487 of clothes H899.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:13 - “But if H518 you are H3201 unable H3808 H3201 to tell H5046 me, then you shall give H5414 me thirty H7970 linen H5466 wraps H5466 and thirty H7970 outfits H2487 of clothes H899.” And they said H559 to him, “Propose H2330 your riddle H2420, so that we may hear H8085 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - So he said H559 to them,

“Out H3318 of the eater H398 came H3318 something H3978 to H3978 eat H3978,

And out H3318 of the strong H5794 came H3318 something H4966 sweet H4966.”

But they could H3201 not tell H5046 the answer to the riddle H2420 in three H7969 days H3117.

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Then it came H1961 about H1961 on the [fn]fourth day H3117 that they said H559 to Samson’s H8123 wife H802, “Entice H6601 your husband H376, so that he will tell H5046 us the riddle H2420, or H6435 we will burn H8313 you and your father’s H1 house H1004 with fire H784. Have you invited H7121 us to impoverish H3423 us? Is this not so?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16 - So Samson’s H8123 wife H802 wept H1058 in front H5921 of him and said H559, “You only H7534 hate H8130 me, and you do not love H157 me; you have proposed H2330 a riddle H2420 to the sons H1121 of my people H5971, and have not told H5046 it to me.” And he said H559 to her, “Behold H2009, I have not told H5046 it to my father H1 or mother H517; so should I tell H5046 you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - However she wept H1058 before H5921 him for seven H7651 days H3117 while H834 their feast H4960 lasted H1961. And on the seventh H7637 day H3117 he told H5046 her because H3588 she pressed H6693 him so hard H6693. She then told H5046 the riddle H2420 to the sons H1121 of her people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men H376 of the city H5892 said H559 to him on the seventh H7637 day H3117 before H2962 the sun H2775 went H935 down,

“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey H1706?

And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion H738?”

And he said H559 to them,

“If H3884 you had not plowed H2790 with my heifer H5697,

You would not have found H4672 out H4672 my riddle H2420.”

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Then the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 rushed H6743 upon H5921 him, and he went H3381 down H3381 to Ashkelon H831 and killed H5221 thirty H7970 men H376 of them and took H3947 what H2488 they were wearing H2488 and gave H5414 the outfits H2487 of H2487 clothes H2487 to those who told H5046 the riddle H2420. And his anger H639 burned H2734, and he went H5927 up H5927 to his father’s H1 house H1004.

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Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010 in relation to the name H8034 of the LORD H3068, she came H935 to test H5254 him with riddles H2420.

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Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010, she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 to test H5254 Solomon H8010 with riddles H2420. She had a very H3966 large H3515 entourage H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 balsam H1314 oil H1314 and a large H7230 amount H7230 of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68; and when she came H935 to Solomon H8010, she spoke H1696 with him about everything H3605 that was on her heart H3824.

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I will incline H5186 my ear H241 to a proverb H4912;

I will [fn]express H6605 my riddle H2420 on the harp H3658.

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I will open H6605 my mouth H6310 in a parable H4912;

I will tell H5042 riddles H2420 of old H6924,

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To understand H995 a proverb H4912 and a saying H4426,

The words H1697 of the wise H2450 and their riddles H2420.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:2 - “Son H1121 of man H120, ask H2330 a riddle H2420 and present H4911 a parable H4912 to the house H1004 of Israel H3478,

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“And in the latter H319 period H319 of their [fn]dominion H4438,

When the wrongdoers H6586 have [fn]run H8552 their course,

A king H4428 will arise H5975,

[fn]Insolent H5794 H6440 and skilled H995 in [fn]intrigue H2420.

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“Will all H3605 of these H428 not take H5375 up H5375 a song H4912 of H4912 ridicule H4912 against H5921 him,

Even a saying H4426 and insinuations H2420 against him

And say H559, ‘Woe H1945 to him who increases H7235 what is not his—

For how H4970 long H5704 H4970—

And makes H3513 himself [fn]rich H3513 with debts H5671!’

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