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Lexicon :: Strong's H2320 - ḥōḏeš

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חֹדֶשׁ
Transliteration
ḥōḏeš
Pronunciation
kho'-desh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 613b

Strong’s Definitions

חֹדֶשׁ chôdesh, kho'-desh; from H2318; the new moon; by implication, a month:—month(-ly), new moon.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 276x

The KJV translates Strong's H2320 in the following manner: month (254x), new moon (20x), monthly (1x), another (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 276x
The KJV translates Strong's H2320 in the following manner: month (254x), new moon (20x), monthly (1x), another (1x).
  1. the new moon, month, monthly

    1. the first day of the month

    2. the lunar month

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹדֶשׁ chôdesh, kho'-desh; from H2318; the new moon; by implication, a month:—month(-ly), new moon.
STRONGS H2320: Abbreviations
I. חֹ֫דֶשׁ 282 noun masculineGenesis 7:11 (feminine MT Genesis 38:24 but masculine Sam Di) (newness), new moon, month (on formation compare LgBN 144; on usage, names, etc., Muss-ArnJBL 1892, 72 ff., 160 ff.) — ח׳ absolute Genesis 7:11 +; construct (rare) Genesis 29:14 +; suffix חָדְשׁוֺ Numbers 28:14 + 2 times; חָדְשָׁהּ Hosea 2:13; Jeremiah 2:24; plural חֳדָשִׁים Genesis 38:24 +; construct חָדְשֵׁי Exodus 12:2 + 2 times; suffix חֳדָשָׁיו Job 14:5 + 2 times; חָדְשֵׁיכֶם Isaiah 1:14; Numbers 28:11; חָדְשֵׁכֶם Numbers 10:10; —
†1. new moon = day, time, of new moon, as religious festival 1 Samuel 20:5, 18, 24, 27, 34 (Dr); compare יאֹכְלֵם ח׳ Hosea 5:7 a new moon shall devour them, Hi St VB, but on text see We; usually || שַׁבָּת Amos 8:5; 2 Kings 4:23; Isaiah 1:13 (+ קְרֹא מִקְרָא), מִדֵּי חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֺ Isaiah 66:23, Ezekiel 46:1, 6 (both יוֺם הַח׳), 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 2 Chronicles 8:13; 31:3; Nehemiah 10:34 (all + מוֺעֵד), Hosea 2:13; Ezekiel 45:17 (both + חג, מועד); || מוֺעֵד alone Isaiah 1:14; Ezekiel 3:5; || יוֺם חַגֵּנוּ Psalm 81:4; (compare ראֹשׁ הַח׳ Numbers 10:10; Numbers 28:11; on religious observance of new moon compare DiLv p. 578 f BenzArchäol. § 69); as time of augury in Babylon (astrological prognostication) Isaiah 47:13.
2. month (as beginning with new moon, lunar month; compare BenzArchäol. § 30, but then, without reference to day of beginning);
†a. as measure of time during which Genesis 38:24 (J), Numbers 11:20, 21 (JE), Numbers 9:22 (P), Judges 11:37, 38, 39; Judges 20:47; 1 Samuel 6:1; 1 Samuel 27:7; 2 Samuel 2:11; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 6:11; 2 Samuel 24:8, 13 = 1 Chronicles 21:12; Amos 4:7; 1 Kings 4:7; 1 Kings 5:7; 1 Kings 5:28 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 11:16; 2 Kings 15:8; 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:8; Ezekiel 39:12, 14; 1 Chronicles 3:4; 1 Chronicles 13:14; 2 Chronicles 36:2, 9; Esther 2:12 (3 times in verse). In 1 Samuel 10:27b read probably כְּמֵחֹדֶשׁ for MT כמחרישׁ, and join to 1 Samuel 11:1, so Greek Version of the LXX We Dr (compare Genesis 38:24); in combinations, יָמִים ח׳ a month (of) time (compare יֶרַח ימים Deuteronomy 21:1; 2 Kings 15:13) Genesis 29:14 (J), Numbers 11:20, 26 (JE), ימים ארבעה ח׳ Judges 19:2; of age מִסְפַּר־ח׳ number of his months =length of his life Job 14:5; Job 21:21; compare especially בֶּןחֿ׳ Leviticus 27:6; Numbers 3:15, 22, 28, 34, 39, 40, 43; Numbers 18:16; Numbers 26:22 (all P). †
b. calendar months,
† (1) with names הָאָבִיב ח׳ Exodus 13:4; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:18 (twice in verse) (all J E; = 1st month Exodus 12:2 P), Deuteronomy 16:11; זִו ח׳ 1 Kings 6:1 (= 2nd mo. ib.; = יֶרַח זִו 1 Kings 6:37); compare 1 Kings 8:2 (הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַח׳ = יֶרַךְ הָאֵתָנִים), 1 Kings 6:38 (הַשְּׁמִינִי הַח׳ = יֶרַח בּוּל); in the post-exilic books occur Babylonian names (see the several words): — נִיסָן ח׳ Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7 (= 1st mo. Esther 3:7); סִיוָן ח׳ Esther 8:9 = 3rd mo.; כִּסְלֵו ח׳ Zechariah 7:1; Nehemiah 1:1 (= 9th mo. Zechariah 7:1); טֵבֵ֑ת ח׳ Esther 2:16 = 10th mo.; שְׁבָט ח׳ Zechariah 1:7 = 11th mo.; אֲדָר ח׳ Esther 3:7, 13; Esther 8:12; Esther 9:1 in all = 12th mo., Esther 9:15, 17, 19, 21; (compare also אֱלוּל Nehemiah 6:15, without ח׳ or יֶרַךְ; this was 6th mo.; see further SchrCOT Nehemiah 1:1 Benzl.c.). †
(2) merely numbered (chiefly P and late) e.g. הַשֵּׁנִי בַּח׳ Genesis 7:11, compare Genesis 8:4, 5, 14; Leviticus 16:29; Numbers 1:1, 18 (all P) + often P; Deuteronomy 1:3 (P), 1 Kings 12:32; 1 Kings 12:33; 1 Kings 25:1; 1 Kings 25:3; 1 Kings 25:8; 1 Kings 25:25; 1 Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 1:3 + 11 times Jeremiah; Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 32:1; Haggai 1:1, 15; Zechariah 1:1; Zechariah 7:1, 13; 1 Chronicles 12:15, compare entire list 1 Chronicles 27:2-15; 2 Chronicles 3:2 + 12 times 2 Chronicles; Ezra 3:1 + 10 times Ezra; Nehemiah 7:72; Nehemiah 8:2, 14; Esther 3:12; note especially הַזֶּה לָכֶם ראֹשׁ חָדָשִׁ֑ים רִאשׁוֺן הוּא לָכֶם הַח׳ Exodus 12:2 (P), as implying that the 1st mo. was formerly not in the spring; observe also usage of omitting ח׳, e.g. בָּרִאשׁוֺן = הָר׳ בַּח׳ Genesis 8:13, compare Genesis 8:5; so commonly in Ezekiel: — Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 20:1; Ezekiel 29:1, 17; Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 33:21; Ezekiel 45:18, 21, 25 + Ezekiel 26:1; Ezekiel 32:17; Ezekiel 45:20 Co; (ח׳ sometimes expressed, see Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 32:1 above; on like usage with יום see יום).
(3) special phrases and usages are: — † עֹלַת חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֺ לְחָדְשֵׁי שָׁנָה Numbers 28:14 (P; compare יום, and Isaiah 66:23 above 1); מִיּוֺם לְיוֺם וּמֵחֹדֶשׁ לְחֹדֶשׁ Esther 3:7 from day to day and from month to month; חָדְשָׁהּ Jeremiah 2:24 of wild she-ass's mating time.†
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 7:11; 7:11; 8:4; 8:5; 8:5; 8:13; 8:14; 29:14; 29:14; 38:24; 38:24; 38:24; 38:24

Exodus

12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 13:4; 23:15; 34:18

Leviticus

16:29; 27:6

Numbers

1:1; 1:18; 3:15; 3:22; 3:28; 3:34; 3:39; 3:40; 3:43; 9:22; 10:10; 10:10; 11:20; 11:20; 11:21; 11:26; 18:16; 26:22; 28:11; 28:11; 28:14; 28:14

Deuteronomy

1:3; 16:11; 21:1

Judges

11:37; 11:38; 11:39; 19:2; 20:47

1 Samuel

6:1; 10:27; 11:1; 20:5; 20:18; 20:24; 20:27; 20:34; 27:7

2 Samuel

2:11; 5:5; 6:11; 24:8; 24:13

1 Kings

4:7; 5:7; 6:1; 6:37; 6:38; 8:2; 11:16; 12:32; 12:33

2 Kings

4:23; 15:8; 15:13; 23:31; 24:8

1 Chronicles

3:4; 12:15; 13:14; 21:12; 23:31; 27:2; 27:3; 27:4; 27:5; 27:6; 27:7; 27:8; 27:9; 27:10; 27:11; 27:12; 27:13; 27:14; 27:15

2 Chronicles

2:3; 3:2; 8:13; 31:3; 36:2; 36:9

Ezra

3:1

Nehemiah

1:1; 1:1; 2:1; 6:15; 7:72; 8:2; 8:14; 10:34

Esther

2:12; 2:16; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 3:12; 3:13; 8:9; 8:12; 9:1; 9:15; 9:17; 9:19; 9:21

Job

14:5; 14:5; 21:21

Psalms

81:4

Isaiah

1:13; 1:14; 1:14; 47:13; 66:23; 66:23

Jeremiah

1:3; 2:24; 2:24

Ezekiel

1:1; 3:5; 8:1; 20:1; 24:1; 24:1; 26:1; 29:1; 29:17; 30:20; 31:1; 32:1; 32:1; 32:17; 33:21; 39:12; 39:14; 45:17; 45:18; 45:20; 45:21; 45:25; 46:1; 46:6

Hosea

2:13; 2:13; 5:7

Amos

4:7; 8:5

Haggai

1:1; 1:15

Zechariah

1:1; 1:7; 7:1; 7:1; 7:1; 7:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2320 matches the Hebrew חֹדֶשׁ (ḥōḏeš),
which occurs 283 times in 224 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 5 (1Ch 3:4–Neh 8:2)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4 -

Six were born to him in Hebron, and there he reigned seven years and six months H2320. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 - These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month H2320 when it was overflowing all its banks and they made all those in the valleys flee, both to the east and to the west.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:14 - Thus the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months H2320; and Yahweh blessed the household of Obed-edom with all that he had.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - either three years of famine, or three months H2320 to be swept away before your adversaries, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ So now, see what word I should return to Him who sent me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:31 - and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the sabbaths, the new H2320 moons H2320 and the appointed times in the number set by the judgments concerning them, continually before Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 -

Now this is the total count of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who ministered to the king in each matter of the divisions which came in and went out month H2320 by month H2320 throughout all the months H2320 of the year, each division numbering 24,000:

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:2 -

Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel was over the first division for the first month H2320; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:3 -

He was from the sons of Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month H2320.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:4 -

Dodai the Ahohite and his division were over the division for the second month H2320, Mikloth being the chief officer; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5 -

The third commander of the army for the third month H2320 was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, as chief; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:7 -

The fourth for the fourth month H2320 was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:8 -

The fifth for the fifth month H2320 was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:9 -

The sixth for the sixth month H2320 was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:10 -

The seventh for the seventh month H2320 was Helez the Pelonite of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:11 -

The eighth for the eighth month H2320 was Sibbecai the Hushathite of the Zerahites; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:12 -

The ninth for the ninth month H2320 was Abiezer the Anathothite of the Benjamites; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:13 -

The tenth for the tenth month H2320 was Maharai the Netophathite of the Zerahites; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:14 -

The eleventh for the eleventh month H2320 was Benaiah the Pirathonite of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:15 -

The twelfth for the twelfth month H2320 was Heldai the Netophathite of Othniel; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - “Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, setting it apart to Him as holy, to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on sabbaths and on new H2320 moons H2320 and on the appointed feasts of Yahweh our God, this being required forever in Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:2 - Then he began to build on the second day in the second month H2320 [fn]of the fourth year of his reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:3 - And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, that is in the seventh month H2320.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10 - And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month H2320 he sent the people to their tents, with gladness and goodness of heart because of the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David and to Solomon and to Israel His people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:13 - and did so according to the daily rule, offering them up according to the commandment of Moses, for the sabbaths, the new H2320 moons H2320 and the three annual feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:10 - So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month H2320 of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:3 -

In the first year of his reign, in the first month H2320, he opened the doors of the house of Yahweh and repaired them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:17 - Then they began [fn]to set it apart as holy on the first day of the first month H2320, and on the eighth day of the month H2320 they entered the porch of Yahweh. Then they set apart the house of Yahweh as holy in eight days, and completed it on the sixteenth day of the first month H2320.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:2 - And the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to celebrate the Passover in the second month H2320,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:13 -

Now many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month H2320, a very large assembly.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:15 - Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month H2320. And the priests and Levites were ashamed of themselves, and set themselves apart as holy and brought burnt offerings to the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:3 - He also appointed the king’s portion of his goods for the burnt offerings, namely, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths and for the new H2320 moons H2320 and for the appointed times, as it is written in the law of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:7 - In the third month H2320 they began to [fn]make the heaps, and completed them by the seventh month H2320.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1 -

Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover animals on the fourteenth day of the first month H2320.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:2 - [fn]Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months H2320 in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:9 -

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned three months H2320 and ten days in Jerusalem, and he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:1 -

Then the seventh month H2320 came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities. And the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:5 - and afterward there was a continual burnt offering, also for the new H2320 moons H2320 and for all the appointed times of Yahweh that were set apart as holy, and from everyone who offered a freewill offering to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:6 - From the first day of the seventh month H2320 they began to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh, but the foundation of the temple of Yahweh had not been laid.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 -

Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month H2320, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites from twenty years and older to direct the work of the house of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:19 -

And the exiles celebrated the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month H2320.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:8 -

He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month H2320, which was in the seventh year of the king.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9 - For on the first of the first month H2320 [fn]he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month H2320 he came to Jerusalem, because the good hand of his God was upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 -

Then we set out from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month H2320 to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 -

So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month H2320 on the twentieth of the month H2320, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:16 -

But the exiles did so. And [fn]Ezra the priest separated out men who were heads of fathers’ households for each of their father’s households, all of them by name. So they [fn]convened on the first day of the tenth month H2320 to investigate the matter.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:17 - And they completed investigating all the men who had married foreign wives by the first day of the first month H2320.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:1 -

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.

Now it happened in the month H2320 Chislev, in the twentieth year—and I was in Susa the [fn]capitol

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:1 -

Now it happened in the month H2320 Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:73 -

So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities.

Then the seventh month H2320 came, and the sons of Israel were in their cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2 - Then Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could understand when listening, on the first day of the seventh month H2320.

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