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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 we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:9 - (the Sido'nians call Hermon Si'rion, while the Amorites call it Senir),

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:48 - from Aro'er, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Si'rion (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 the west, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Per'izzites, and the Jeb'usites in the hill country, and the Hivites under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from Mount Halak, that rises toward Se'ir, as far as Ba'al-gad in the valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. And he took all their kings, and smote them, and put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - Now these are the kings of the land, whom the people of Israel defeated, and took possession of their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, with all the Arabah eastward:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - and ruled over Mount Hermon and Sal'ecah and all Bashan to the boundary of the Gesh'urites and the Ma-ac'athites, and over half of Gilead to the boundary of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - and the land of the Geb'alites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Ba'al-gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:11 - and Gilead, and the region of the Gesh'urites and Ma-ac'athites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Sal'ecah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:23 - The members of the half-tribe of Manas'seh dwelt in the land; they were very numerous from Bashan to Ba'al-her'mon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - The north and the south, thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 133:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:3 - It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life for evermore.

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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. Depart from the peak of Ama'na, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
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