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Lexicon :: Strong's H2768 - ḥermôn

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חֶרְמוֹן
Transliteration
ḥermôn
Pronunciation
kher-mone'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 744b

Strong’s Definitions

חֶרְמוֹן Chermôwn, kher-mone'; from H2763; abrupt; Chermon, a mount of Palestine:—Hermon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2768 in the following manner: Hermon (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H2768 in the following manner: Hermon (13x).

  1. Hermon = "a sanctuary"

    1. a mountain on the northeastern border of Palestine and Lebanon and overlooking the border city of Dan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶרְמוֹן Chermôwn, kher-mone'; from H2763; abrupt; Chermon, a mount of Palestine:—Hermon.
STRONGS H2768: Abbreviations
† חֶרְמוֺן proper name, of a mountain Hermon (sacred mountain, compare Sabean מחרם, etc., temple, Arabic bdb035601 interior of mosque, bdb035602 asylum, WetzstZKW v. 1884, 115 RSSemitic i, 93; 2nd ed., 94) — the highest peak of Anti-Lebanon range, usually snow-capped, commanding southern Syria & northern Palestine; it is called שִׂיאֹן by the author of Deuteronomy 4:48; by the Amorites שְׂנִיר, by the Sidonians שִׂרְיֹן Deuteronomy 3:9. It has three peaks; and the names חרמון and שׂניר, distinguished in 1 Chronicles 5:23; Songs 4:8, may refer to two of these peaks; חֶרְמוֺנִים [H2769 Psalm 42:7 [Psalm 42:6]] probably refers to these different peaks (see RobBR iii. 357 BädPal 301). It is a northern boundary עד הר ח׳ Deuteronomy 3:8; Joshua 12:1; הר חרמוֺן mount Hermon is used also Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:5, Joshua 13:11; 1 Chronicles 5:23; but חרמון Joshua 11:3; Psalm 89:13 [Psalm 89:12]; Psalm 133:3; Songs 4:8. See בַּעַל חֶרְמוֺן Judges 3:3; 1 Chronicles 5:23 (see Wetzstib. 115).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

3:8; 3:9; 4:48

Joshua

11:3; 11:17; 12:1; 12:5; 13:5; 13:11

Judges

3:3

1 Chronicles

5:23; 5:23; 5:23

Psalms

89:12; 133:3

Song of Songs

4:8; 4:8

H2768

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Strong's Number H2768 matches the Hebrew חֶרְמוֹן (ḥermôn),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:8 - So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:9 - (Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:48 - This land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion[fn] (that is, Hermon),

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3 - to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites below Hermon in the region of Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took over east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern side of the Arabah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah, all of Bashan to the border of the people of Geshur and Maakah, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - the area of Byblos; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:11 - It also included Gilead, the territory of the people of Geshur and Maakah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salekah—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:23 - The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous; they settled in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir (Mount Hermon).

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 133:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:3 - It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions’ dens and the mountain haunts of leopards.
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