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Lexicon :: Strong's H2544 - ḥămôr

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חֲמוֹר
Transliteration
ḥămôr
Pronunciation
kham-ore'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as חֲמוֹר (H2543)
Strong’s Definitions

חֲמוֹר Chămôwr, kham-ore'; the same as H2543; donkey; Chamor, a Canaanite:—Hamor.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2544 in the following manner: Hamor (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H2544 in the following manner: Hamor (13x).
  1. Hamor = "he-ass"

    1. the Hivite prince of the city of Shechem when Jacob entered Palestine

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲמוֹר Chămôwr, kham-ore'; the same as H2543; donkey; Chamor, a Canaanite:—Hamor.
STRONGS H2544: Abbreviations
† III. חֲמוֺר proper name, masculine father of Shechem (he-ass; see RSK 220; Sem i. 449) — Genesis 33:19; Genesis 34:2, 4, 6, 8, 13, 18 (twice in verse); Genesis 34:20, 24, 26; Joshua 24:32; Judges 9:28.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

33:19; 34:2; 34:4; 34:6; 34:8; 34:13; 34:18; 34:20; 34:24; 34:26

Joshua

24:32

Judges

9:28

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2544 matches the Hebrew חֲמוֹר (ḥămôr),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 -

He purchased a section of the field where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 -

When Shechem ​— ​son of Hamor the Hivite, who was the region’s chieftain ​— ​saw her, he took her and raped her.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 -

“Get me this girl as a wife,” he told his father.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6 -

Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 -

Hamor said to Jacob’s sons, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your[fn] daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 -

But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 -

Their words seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 -

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 -

All the men who had come to the city gates listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and all those men were circumcised.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 -

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went away.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 -

Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the parcel of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.[fn] It was an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 -

Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem that we should serve him? Isn’t he the son of Jerubbaal, and isn’t Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

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