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Lexicon :: Strong's H2600 - ḥinnām

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חִנָּם
Transliteration
ḥinnām
Pronunciation
khin-nawm'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 694b

Strong’s Definitions

חִנָּם chinnâm, khin-nawm'; from H2580; gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage:—without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought), in vain.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H2600 in the following manner: without cause (15x), for nought (6x), causeless (2x), in vain (2x), free (1x), without cost (1x), freely (1x), innocent (1x), cost me nothing (1x), for nothing (1x), without wages (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H2600 in the following manner: without cause (15x), for nought (6x), causeless (2x), in vain (2x), free (1x), without cost (1x), freely (1x), innocent (1x), cost me nothing (1x), for nothing (1x), without wages (1x).

  1. freely, for nothing, without cause

    1. gratis, gratuitously, for nothing

    2. for no purpose, in vain

    3. gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חִנָּם chinnâm, khin-nawm'; from H2580; gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage:—without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought), in vain.
STRONGS H2600: Abbreviations
חִנָּם substantive, used chiefly in the accusative as adverb (compare Assyrian annáma, in vain, DlK 7, Pr 44; from הֵּן, with aff. םָ֯, which is sometimes found in substantives proper, as סֻלָּם, and proper names, but is more particularly used with substantives applied adverbially, as יוֺמָם אָמְנָם, דּוּמָם, רֵיקָם : Sta§ 203 BaNB § 216) — literally out of favour; i.e.
a. gratis, gratuitously, for nothing, עָבַד חִנָּם to serve for nought Genesis 29:15; Job 1:9; Isaiah 52:3 to be sold (figurative) for nought Isaiah 52:5; Exodus 21:2, 11 יָצָא חִנָּם to go out(from slavery) freely, for nothing, Numbers 11:5 which we used to eat in Egypti for nought, Jeremiah 22:13; 1 Chronicles 21:24; in the genitive 2 Samuel 24:24 עֹלוֺת חִנָּם i.e. burnt-offerings which cost nothing (in the || 1 Chronicles 21:24 the construction is changed).
b. for no purpose, in vain Proverbs 1:17; Malachi 1:10: once אֶל חִנָּם (compare אֶל 7) Ezekiel 6:10.
c. gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly, especially of groundless hostility or attack, 1 Samuel 19:5 לְהָמִית חִנָּם to slay David without cause, 1 Samuel 25:31; Psalm 35:7 (twice in verse); Psalm 109:3; Psalm 119:161 רְדָפוּנִי חִנָּם, Proverbs 1:11; Proverbs 3:30; Proverbs 23:29; Job 2:3 לְבַלְּעוֺ ח׳ Job 9:17; Job 22:6; Ezekiel 14:23; Psalm 35:19; and Psalm 69:5 שׂנְאַי חִנָּם my haters without cause, Lamentations 3:52 אֹיְבַי חִנָּם; in the genitive 1 Kings 2:31 דְּמֵי חִנָּם blood shed without cause (compare 1 Samuel 25:31), Proverbs 24:28 אֲלתְּֿהִי עֵד ח׳ בְּרֵעֶ֑ךָ, Proverbs 26:2 קִלְלַת ח׳ the causeless curse.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:15

Exodus

21:2; 21:11

Numbers

11:5

1 Samuel

19:5; 25:31; 25:31

2 Samuel

24:24

1 Kings

2:31

1 Chronicles

21:24; 21:24

Job

1:9; 2:3; 9:17; 22:6

Psalms

35:7; 35:19; 69:5; 109:3; 119:161

Proverbs

1:11; 1:17; 3:30; 23:29; 24:28; 26:2

Isaiah

52:3; 52:5

Jeremiah

22:13

Lamentations

3:52

Ezekiel

6:10; 14:23

Malachi

1:10

H2600

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2600 matches the Hebrew חִנָּם (ḥinnām),
which occurs 32 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2 - When you buy a Hebrew slave,[fn] he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:11 - And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:5 - We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5 - For he took his life in his hand and he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord working salvation himself. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels[fn] of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - The king replied to him, “Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, and thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:24 - But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the LORD what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9 - Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:17 - For he crushes me with a tempest
and multiplies my wounds without cause;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:6 - For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing
and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - For without cause they hid their net for me;
without cause they dug a pit for my life.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:19 - Let not those rejoice over me
who are wrongfully my foes,
and let not those wink the eye
who hate me without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - More in number than the hairs of my head
are those who hate me without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:3 - They encircle me with words of hate,
and attack me without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:161

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:161 - Sin and Shin
Princes persecute me without cause,
but my heart stands in awe of your words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11 - If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us ambush the innocent without reason;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17 - For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Do not contend with a man for no reason,
when he has done you no harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 - Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,
and do not deceive with your lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
a curse that is causeless does not alight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:3 - For thus says the LORD: “You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:5 - Now therefore what have I here,” declares the LORD, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the LORD, “and continually all the day my name is despised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:52 - “I have been hunted like a bird
by those who were my enemies without cause;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:10 - And they shall know that I am the LORD. I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:23 - They will console you, when you see their ways and their deeds, and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, declares the Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.
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