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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

H2544

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - Jacob bought the plot of land where he camped from the family of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - He said to his father, Hamor, “Get me this young girl. I want to marry her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6 - Hamor, Shechem’s father, came to discuss the matter with Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - Hamor tried to speak with Jacob and his sons. “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter,” he said. “Please let him marry her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - But since Shechem had defiled their sister, Dinah, Jacob’s sons responded deceitfully to Shechem and his father, Hamor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 - Hamor and his son Shechem agreed to their proposal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - and he went with his father, Hamor, to present this proposal to the leaders at the town gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - So all the men in the town council agreed with Hamor and Shechem, and every male in the town was circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - including Hamor and his son Shechem. They killed them with their swords, then took Dinah from Shechem’s house and returned to their camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought along with them when they left Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the parcel of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor for 100 pieces of silver.[fn] This land was located in the territory allotted to the descendants of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - “Who is Abimelech?” Gaal shouted. “He’s not a true son of Shechem,[fn] so why should we be his servants? He’s merely the son of Gideon, and this Zebul is merely his deputy. Serve the true sons of Hamor, the founder of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
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