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Lexicon :: Strong's H2344 - ḥôl

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חוֹל
Transliteration
ḥôl
Pronunciation
khole
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 623a

Strong’s Definitions

חוֹל chôwl, khole; from H2342; sand (as round or whirling particles):—sand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H2344 in the following manner: sand (23x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H2344 in the following manner: sand (23x).

  1. sand

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חוֹל chôwl, khole; from H2342; sand (as round or whirling particles):—sand.
STRONGS H2344: Abbreviations
† חוֺל noun masculineHos 2:1 sand (perhaps as turning or whirling; otherwise explained by Sta, see below חֲוִילָה; Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חָלָא, Hxo) — ח׳ absolute Genesis 22:17 + 15 times; construct Genesis 32:13 + 6 times; — sand Exodus 2:12 (E); set as bound for sea Jeremiah 5:22; שְׂפֻנֵי טמוני ח׳ Deuteronomy 33:19 hidden treasures of sand, poetic for glass (regarded as mysteriously produced out of sand, see Di and references);
a. usually sand of seashore, simile of numberlessness, vastness, so of Abraham's seed Genesis 22:17 (J; compare Genesis 15:5); Jacob's Genesis 32:13 (E) of a host Joshua 11:4 (JE), Judges 7:12; 1 Samuel 13:5; 2 Samuel 17:11; a people 1 Kings 4:20; Hosea 2:1; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 48:19 (|| וְצֶאֱצָאֵי מֶעֶיךָ כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו), Jeremiah 33:22; Habakkuk 1:9; of corn gathered by Joseph Genesis 41:49; of days of Job Job 29:18 (on interpretation = phoenix, see Di); of birds עוף כנף (i.e. quails) Psalm 78:27 (|| כֶּעָפָר); of vast extent of Solomon's wisdom 1 Kings 5:9.
b. in compare, more than the sand Jeremiah 15:8 (widows of Judah); thoughts of God Psalm 139:18.
c. of weight (in balances), metaphor of Job's vexation (כַּעַשׂ) Job 6:3 heavier than the sand, compare וְנֵטֶל הַחוֺל Proverbs 27:3 (|| כֹּבֶד אֶבֶן), said of כַּעַס אֱוִיל. — Combinations are: כח׳ אשׁר על שׂפת הים Genesis 22:17; Joshua 11:4; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Kings 5:9; הַיָּם כח׳ Genesis 32:13; Genesis 41:49; Isaiah 10:22; Hosea 2:1 (+ אשׁר לא יִמַּד ולא יִסָּפֵר); הַיָּם ח׳ Jeremiah 33:22; שֶׁעַלשֿׂפת הים לרב כח׳ Judges 7:12; אשׁרעֿלהֿים לרב כח׳ 2 Samuel 17:11; 1 Kings 4:20; (מ)חול יַמִּים Job 6:3; Psalm 78:27; Jeremiah 15:8.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:5; 22:17; 22:17; 22:17; 32:13; 32:13; 32:13; 41:49; 41:49

Exodus

2:12

Deuteronomy

33:19

Joshua

11:4; 11:4

Judges

7:12; 7:12

1 Samuel

13:5; 13:5

2 Samuel

17:11; 17:11

1 Kings

4:20; 4:20; 5:9; 5:9

Job

6:3; 6:3; 29:18

Psalms

78:27; 78:27; 139:18

Proverbs

27:3

Isaiah

10:22; 10:22; 48:19

Jeremiah

5:22; 15:8; 15:8; 33:22; 33:22

Hosea

2:1; 2:1; 2:1

Habakkuk

1:9

H2344

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2344 matches the Hebrew חוֹל (ḥôl),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your [fn]seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand H2344 which is on the seashore; and your [fn]seed shall possess the gate of [fn]their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:12 - “For You said, ‘I will surely [fn]prosper you and make your [fn]descendants as the sand H2344 of the sea, which is too great to be numbered.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - Thus Joseph stored up grain [fn]in great abundance like the sand H2344 of the sea, until he stopped [fn]measuring it, for it was [fn]beyond measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - So he [fn]looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. H2344

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 - “They will call peoples to the mountain;
There they will offer righteous sacrifices;
For they will [fn]draw out the abundance of the seas,
And the hidden treasures of the sand.” H2344

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - They came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand H2344 that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand H2344 on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 - Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and people like the sand H2344 which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - “But I counsel that all Israel be surely gathered to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand H2344 that is by the sea in abundance, and that [fn]you personally go into battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand H2344 that is on the [fn]seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 - Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of [fn]mind, like the sand H2344 that is on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - “For then it would be heavier than the sand H2344 of the seas;
Therefore my words have been rash.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:18 - “Then I [fn]thought, ‘I shall die [fn]in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand. H2344

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - When He rained [fn]meat upon them like the dust,
Even winged fowl like the sand H2344 of the seas,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 - If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. H2344
When I awake, I am still with You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone is heavy and the sand H2344 weighty,
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:22 - For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand H2344 of the sea,
Only a remnant within them will return;
A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - “Your [fn]descendants would have been like the sand, H2344
And [fn]your offspring like its grains;
Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - ‘Do you not fear Me?’ declares the LORD.
‘Do you not tremble in My presence?
For I have placed the sand H2344 as a boundary for the sea,
An eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it.
Though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - “Their widows will be more numerous before Me
Than the sand H2344 of the seas;
I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,
A destroyer at noonday;
I will suddenly bring down on her
Anguish and dismay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - ‘As the host of heaven cannot be counted and the sand H2344 of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the [fn]descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - [fn]Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Will be like the sand H2344 of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are not My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the sons of the living God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:9 - “All of them come for violence.
[fn]Their horde of faces moves forward.
They collect captives like sand. H2344
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