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Lexicon :: Strong's H2345 - ḥûm

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חוּם
Transliteration
ḥûm
Pronunciation
khoom
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be warm
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TWOT Reference: 625a

Strong’s Definitions

חוּם chûwm, khoom; from an unused root meaning to be warm, i.e. (by implication) sunburnt or swarthy (blackish):—brown.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H2345 in the following manner: brown (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H2345 in the following manner: brown (4x).

  1. dark colour, darkened, dark brown or black

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חוּם chûwm, khoom; from an unused root meaning to be warm, i.e. (by implication) sunburnt or swarthy (blackish):—brown.
STRONGS H2345: Abbreviations
† חוּם adjective darkened, dark brown or black, only of colour of sheep (in Genesis 30, J); — וכלשֶֿׂהחֿוּם בכשׂבים Genesis 30:32, וְחוּם בכ׳ Genesis 30:33, 35, וכלחֿוּם בְּצאֹן Genesis 30:40 (clause probably interpolated Ol Hup De We Di).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30; 30:32; 30:33; 30:35; 30:40

H2345

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2345 matches the Hebrew חוּם (ḥûm),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - Let me inspect your flocks today and remove all the sheep and goats that are speckled or spotted, along with all the black sheep. Give these to me as my wages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - In the future, when you check on the animals you have given me as my wages, you’ll see that I have been honest. If you find in my flock any goats without speckles or spots, or any sheep that are not black, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:35 - But that very day Laban went out and removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted or had white patches, and all the black sheep. He placed them in the care of his own sons,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - Jacob separated those lambs from Laban’s flock. And at mating time he turned the flock to face Laban’s animals that were streaked or black. This is how he built his own flock instead of increasing Laban’s.
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