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Lexicon :: Strong's H2496 - ḥallāmîš

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חַלָּמִישׁ
Transliteration
ḥallāmîš
Pronunciation
klal-law-meesh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from חָלַם (H2492) (in the sense of hardness)
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TWOT Reference: 665

Strong’s Definitions

חַלָּמִישׁ challâmîysh, klal-law-meesh'; probably from H2492 (in the sense of hardness); flint:—flint(-y), rock.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H2496 in the following manner: flint (3x), flinty (1x), rock (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H2496 in the following manner: flint (3x), flinty (1x), rock (1x).

  1. flint, rock

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חַלָּמִישׁ challâmîysh, klal-law-meesh'; probably from H2492 (in the sense of hardness); flint:—flint(-y), rock.
STRONGS H2496: Abbreviations
† חַלָּמִישׁ noun masculine flint; — חַלָּמִישׁ Deuteronomy 8:15 + 3 times; construct חַלְמִישׁ Deuteronomy 32:13; — flint צוּר הַח׳ rock of flint = flinty rock, whence water flowed for Israel in desert Deuteronomy 8:15, and (no צור) Psalm 114:8; worked by miners Job 28:9; hyperb. oil out of צוּר ח׳ Deuteronomy 32:13 flint of rock = rocky flint (poetry); — in simile of firmness כַּחַלָּמִישׁ פַּנַי שַׂמְתִּי עַלכֵּֿן Isaiah 50:7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

8:15; 8:15; 32:13; 32:13

Job

28:9

Psalms

114:8

Isaiah

50:7

H2496

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2496 matches the Hebrew חַלָּמִישׁ (ḥallāmîš),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the fruit of the fields. He nourished him with honey from the rock, and with oil from the flinty crag,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - People assault the flinty rock with their hands and lay bare the roots of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 - who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:7 - Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.
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