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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.
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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 - And Laban saith to Jacob, 'Is it because thou art my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what is thy hire.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2 - 'When thou buyest a Hebrew servant -- six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:11 - and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:5 - We have remembered the fish which we do eat in Egypt for nought, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5 - yea, he putteth his life in his hand, and smiteth the Philistine, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation for all Israel; thou hast seen, and dost rejoice, and why dost thou sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nought?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - that this is not to thee for a stumbling-block, and for an offence of heart to my lord -- either to shed blood for nought, or my lord's restraining himself; and Jehovah hath done good to my lord, and thou hast remembered thy handmaid.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - And the king saith unto Araunah, 'Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;' and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - And the king saith to him, 'Do as he hath spoken, and fall upon him, and thou hast buried him, and turned aside the causeless blood which Joab shed, from off me, and from off the house of my father;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:24 - And king David saith to Ornan, 'Nay, for I surely buy for full silver; for I do not lift up that which is thine to Jehovah, so as to offer a burnt-offering without cost.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9 - And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'For nought is Job fearing God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:17 - Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:6 - For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:19 - Mine enemies rejoice not over me with falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:3 - They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:161

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:161 - Shin. Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11 - If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17 - Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 - Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:3 - For thus said Jehovah: 'For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye redeemed.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:5 - And now, what -- to Me here, An affirmation of Jehovah, That taken is My people for nought? Its rulers cause howling, -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And continually all the day My name is despised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - Wo to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:52 - Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:10 - And they have known that I am Jehovah, Not for nought have I spoken to do to them this evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:23 - And they have comforted you, for ye see their way and their doings, and ye have known that not for nought have I done all that which I have done in her -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - Who is even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.
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