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Lexicon :: Strong's H2543 - ḥămôr

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חֲמוֹר
Transliteration
ḥămôr
Pronunciation
kham-ore'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 685a

Strong’s Definitions

חֲמוֹר chămôwr, kham-ore'; or (shortened) חֲמֹר chămôr; from H2560; a male ass (from its dun red):—(he) ass.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 96x

The KJV translates Strong's H2543 in the following manner: ass (96x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 96x
The KJV translates Strong's H2543 in the following manner: ass (96x).
  1. (he) ass

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲמוֹר chămôwr, kham-ore'; or (shortened) חֲמֹר chămôr; from H2560; a male ass (from its dun red):—(he) ass.
STRONGS H2543: Abbreviations
† I. חֲמוֺר noun [masculine] heap, absolute ח׳ with dual חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם (Baer חְִמֹרֹת׳), as if from חֲמֹרָה; — בִּלְחִי הַחֲמוֺר חֲמוֺר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם H2565 Judges 15:16 with the ass's jawbone, a heap, two heaps, i.e. so many slain.

† II. חֲמוֺר noun masculineGenesis 45:23 (he)-ass (Late Hebrew id. (sometimes female, but this regularly חֲמוֺרָה); Aramaic הֲמָרָא, axrxmo Arabic حِمَارً, Palmyrene חמרא ReckendZMG 1888, 404; as imêru, SchrCot Gloss; — name from reddish colour) — absolute חֲמוֺר Genesis 22:5 + 43 times; חֲמֹר Exodus 13:13; Deuteronomy 22:10; construct חֲמוֺר Exodus 23:5 + 4 times; הֲמֹר Genesis 49:14; suffix חֲמֹרְךָ Deuteronomy 5:14; Deuteronomy 28:31; חֲמֹרֶ֑ךָ Exodus 23:12; חֲמֹרוֺ Genesis 22:3 + 8 times; plural חֲמוֺרִים Judges 19:10 + 9 times; חֲמֹרִים Genesis 12:16 + 16 times; suffix חֲמוֺרֵינוּ Judges 19:19; חֲמֹרֵינוּ Genesis 43:18; חֲמוֺרֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 8:16; חֲמֹרֵיהֶם Genesis 34:28 + 4 times; חֲמוֺרֵיהֶם Joshua 9:4; — ass (he-ass; אתוןshe-ass) found in all periods (collective only Genesis 32:26 [Genesis 32:25; Isaiah 21:7); —
1. as (valuable) property, with oxen, sheep, camels, slaves, etc. Genesis 12:16; Genesis 24:35; Genesis 30:48; Genesis 47:17; Exodus 9:3 (all J) Exodus 20:17 (E), Exodus 21:33; Exodus 22:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 22:9; Exodus 23:4, 5, 12; Numbers 16:15; Joshua 6:21; Joshua 7:24 (all J E); note also Exodus 13:13Exodus 34:20 (J E; firstlings belong to י׳); Genesis 36:24; Numbers 31:28, 30, 34, 39, 45 (all P); Deuteronomy 5:14, 18; Deuteronomy 22:3, 4; Judges 6:4; 1 Samuel 8:16; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 22:19; 1 Samuel 27:9; 1 Chronicles 5:21; Ezra 2:67Nehemiah 7:68 (Baer), Zechariah 14:15; collective Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4 (J; || שׁוֺר), צאֹן, עֶבֶד, שִׁפְחָה, but plural (similar ||) Genesis 34:28 (P), Genesis 47:17 (J); compare also יְתוֺמִים ח׳ Job 24:3 the orphans' ass (|| שׁוֺר אַלְמָנָה); as knowing its master's crib Isaiah 1:3 (|| שׁוֺר); found in camp 2 Kings 7:7, 10 (both || סוּסִים); as harnessed מֶתֶג לַה׳ Proverbs 26:3 (|| סוּס).
2. used for riding :
c. צֶמֶד חמורים a pair of asses 2 Samuel 16:1 (for burdens and for riding); for man and woman Judges 19:3, 10, 19, 21; carrying dead body Judges 19:28, compare ח׳ 1 Kings 13:29.
3. beast of burden Genesis 22:3, 5 (compare Genesis 22:6), Genesis 42:26, 27; Genesis 45:23 (all E) Genesis 43:18, 24; Genesis 44:3, 13 (all J), Joshua 9:4 (JE), 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Chronicles 12:41; Nehemiah 13:15 (compare also צֶמֶד ח׳ 2 Samuel 16:1 above); metaphor of Issachar נָּ֑רֶם ח׳ Genesis 49:14 (poem), an ass of (strong) bones.לֶחֶם ח׳ 1 Samuel 16:20 read probably חֲמִשָּׁה five, or better עֲשָׂרָה ten, see We Dr.
4. used in tillage Isaiah 32:20; not to be used in ploughing with an ox (שׁוֺר) Deuteronomy 22:10.
5. parts of body of ass mentioned are: לְחִי ח׳ Judges 15:15, 16 jawbone, Samson's weapon; ראֹשׁ ח׳ 2 Kings 6:25 eaten in famine; בְּשַׂר ה׳ Ezekiel 23:20 Genital organ of ass (contemptuous simile)
6. קְבוּרַת ה׳ Jeremiah 22:19 burial of an ass, in figure of ignominious treatment of a corpse.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:16; 12:16; 22:3; 22:3; 22:5; 22:5; 22:6; 24:35; 32:4; 32:25; 34:28; 34:28; 36:24; 42:26; 42:27; 43:18; 43:18; 43:24; 44:3; 44:13; 45:23; 45:23; 47:17; 47:17; 49:14; 49:14

Exodus

4:20; 9:3; 13:13; 13:13; 20:17; 21:33; 22:8; 22:9; 23:4; 23:5; 23:5; 23:12; 23:12; 34:20

Numbers

16:15; 31:28; 31:30; 31:34; 31:39; 31:45

Deuteronomy

5:14; 5:14; 5:18; 22:3; 22:4; 22:10; 22:10; 28:31

Joshua

6:21; 7:24; 9:4; 9:4; 15:18

Judges

1:14; 6:4; 15:15; 15:16; 15:16; 19:3; 19:10; 19:10; 19:19; 19:19; 19:21; 19:28

1 Samuel

8:16; 8:16; 12:3; 15:3; 16:20; 22:19; 25:18; 25:20; 25:23; 25:42; 27:9

2 Samuel

16:1; 16:1; 16:2; 17:23; 19:27

1 Kings

2:40; 13:13; 13:23; 13:24; 13:27; 13:28; 13:29

2 Kings

6:25; 7:7; 7:10

1 Chronicles

5:21

2 Chronicles

28:15

Ezra

2:67

Nehemiah

7:68; 13:15

Job

24:3

Proverbs

26:3

Isaiah

1:3; 21:7; 21:7; 32:20

Jeremiah

22:19

Ezekiel

23:20

Zechariah

9:9; 14:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2543 matches the Hebrew חֲמוֹר (ḥămôr),
which occurs 96 times in 93 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jdg 19:10–Zec 14:15)

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 -

But the man was not willing to spend the night, so he arose and went and came to a place before Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a pair of saddled donkeys H2543; his concubine also was with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys H2543, and also bread and wine for me, [fn]your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:21 - So he brought him into his house and gave the donkeys H2543 fodder, and they washed their feet and ate and drank.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:28 - And he said to her, “Get up and let us go,” but there was no answer. Then he took her on the donkey H2543; and the man arose and went to his [fn]home.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - “He will also take your male slaves and your female slaves and your best young men and your donkeys H2543 and [fn]use them for his work.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - “Here I am; bear witness against me before Yahweh and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey H2543 have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - ‘Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey H2543.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20 - And Jesse took a donkey H2543 loaded with bread and a wineskin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David his son.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - So he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and nursing babies; also oxen, donkeys H2543, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 -

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two [fn]jugs of wine and five sheep already prepared and [fn]five seahs of roasted grain and one hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys H2543.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - So it was happening, as she was riding on her donkey H2543 and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; and she met them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 -

Then Abigail saw David; so she hurried and dismounted from her donkey H2543 and fell on her face [fn]before David and bowed herself to the ground.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42 - Then Abigail hurried and arose, and she rode on a donkey H2543, with her five young women who [fn]went about with her; and she went after the messengers of David and became his wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - And David struck the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys H2543, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 -

Now David had passed a little beyond the summit, and behold, Ziba the young man of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys H2543, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - And the king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these?” And Ziba said, “The donkeys H2543 are for the king’s household to ride, and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine, for whoever is faint in the wilderness to drink.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23 -

Now Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not [fn]followed. So he [fn]saddled his donkey H2543 and arose and went to his home, to his city, and [fn]set his house in order, and strangled himself; thus he died and was buried in the grave of his father.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:26 - So he answered, “O my lord, the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey H2543 for myself that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - Then Shimei arose and saddled his donkey H2543, and went to Gath to Achish to search for his slaves. And Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:13 - Then he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey H2543 for me.” So they saddled the donkey H2543 for him and he rode away on it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:23 - Now it happened after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey H2543 for him, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - Then he went and on the way a lion met him and put him to death, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey H2543 standing beside it; the lion also was standing beside the body.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:27 - Then he spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey H2543 for me.” And they saddled it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - And he went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey H2543 and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor mauled the donkey H2543.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - So the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey H2543 and brought it back, and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - Now there was a great famine in Samaria. And behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s H2543 head was sold for [fn]eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a [fn]kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and forsook their tents and their horses and their donkeys H2543, even the camp just as it was, and fled for their life.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and they told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor the voice of man, only the horses tied and the donkeys H2543 tied, and the tents just as they were.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - They took captive their cattle: their 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys H2543; and 100,000 [fn]men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys H2543, camels, mules, and on oxen, great provisions of flour, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep. There was gladness indeed in Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - Then the men who were designated by name arose, took hold of the captives, and they clothed all their naked ones from the spoil; and they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys H2543, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers; then they returned to Samaria.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67 -

their camels, 435; their donkeys H2543, 6,720.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 -

their camels, 435; their donkeys H2543, 6,720.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 -

In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys H2543, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So I testified against them on the day they sold food.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 -

“They drive away the donkeys H2543 of the orphans;

They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3 -

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey H2543,

And a rod for the back of fools.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:3 -

“An ox knows its owner,

And a donkey H2543 its master’s manger,

But Israel does not know;

My people do not perceive.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:7 -

“Indeed, he shall see riders, horsemen in pairs,

Riders of donkeys H2543, riders of camels,

So let him pay close attention, very close attention.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:20 -

How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,

Who [fn]let out freely the ox and the donkey H2543.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:19 -

“He will be buried with a donkey’s H2543 burial,

Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - “She lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys H2543 and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 -

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Make a loud shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your king is coming to you;

He is [fn]righteous and endowed with salvation,

[fn]Lowly and mounted on a donkey H2543,

Even on a [fn]colt, the [fn]foal of a pack animal.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:15 - And in the same way, the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey H2543, and all the cattle that will be in those camps will be like this plague.

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