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Lexicon :: Strong's H2768 - ḥermôn

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חֶרְמוֹן
Transliteration
ḥermôn
Pronunciation
kher-mone'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 744b

Strong’s Definitions

חֶרְמוֹן Chermôwn, kher-mone'; from H2763; abrupt; Chermon, a mount of Palestine:—Hermon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2768 in the following manner: Hermon (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H2768 in the following manner: Hermon (13x).

  1. Hermon = "a sanctuary"

    1. a mountain on the northeastern border of Palestine and Lebanon and overlooking the border city of Dan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶרְמוֹן Chermôwn, kher-mone'; from H2763; abrupt; Chermon, a mount of Palestine:—Hermon.
STRONGS H2768: Abbreviations
† חֶרְמוֺן proper name, of a mountain Hermon (sacred mountain, compare Sabean מחרם, etc., temple, Arabic bdb035601 interior of mosque, bdb035602 asylum, WetzstZKW v. 1884, 115 RSSemitic i, 93; 2nd ed., 94) — the highest peak of Anti-Lebanon range, usually snow-capped, commanding southern Syria & northern Palestine; it is called שִׂיאֹן by the author of Deuteronomy 4:48; by the Amorites שְׂנִיר, by the Sidonians שִׂרְיֹן Deuteronomy 3:9. It has three peaks; and the names חרמון and שׂניר, distinguished in 1 Chronicles 5:23; Songs 4:8, may refer to two of these peaks; חֶרְמוֺנִים [H2769 Psalm 42:7 [Psalm 42:6]] probably refers to these different peaks (see RobBR iii. 357 BädPal 301). It is a northern boundary עד הר ח׳ Deuteronomy 3:8; Joshua 12:1; הר חרמוֺן mount Hermon is used also Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:5, Joshua 13:11; 1 Chronicles 5:23; but חרמון Joshua 11:3; Psalm 89:13 [Psalm 89:12]; Psalm 133:3; Songs 4:8. See בַּעַל חֶרְמוֺן Judges 3:3; 1 Chronicles 5:23 (see Wetzstib. 115).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

3:8; 3:9; 4:48

Joshua

11:3; 11:17; 12:1; 12:5; 13:5; 13:11

Judges

3:3

1 Chronicles

5:23; 5:23; 5:23

Psalms

89:12; 133:3

Song of Songs

4:8; 4:8

H2768

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Strong's Number H2768 matches the Hebrew חֶרְמוֹן (ḥermôn),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:8 - And we took at that time the land out of the hands of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, extending from the brook of Arnon even unto Aermon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:9 - The Phœnicians call Aermon Sanior, but the Amorite has called it Sanir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:48 - From Aroer, which is on the border of the brook Arnon, even to the mount of Seon, which is Aermon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3 - and to the Chananites on the coast eastward, and to the Amorites on the coast, and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Jebusites in the mountain, and the Evites, and those dwelling under mount Aermon in the land Massyma.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from the mountain of Chelcha, and that which goes up to Seir, and as far as Balagad, and the plains of Libanus, under mount Aermon; and he took all their kings, and destroyed, and slew them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - And these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel slew, and inherited their land beyond Jordan from the east, from the valley of Arnon to the mount of Aermon, and all the land of Araba on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - ruling from mount Aermon and from Secchai, and over all the land of Basan to the borders of Gergesi, and Machi, and the half of Galaad of the borders of Seon king of Esebon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - And all the land of Galiath of the Phylistines, and all Libanus eastward from Galgal, under the mountain Aermon as far as the entering in of Emath;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:11 - and the region of Galaad, and the borders of the Gesirites and the Machatites, the whole mount of Aermon, and all the land of Basan to Acha.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:23 - And the half-tribe of Manasse dwelt from Basan to Baal, Ermon, and Sanir, and to the mount Aërmon: and they increased in Libanus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - (LXX 88:13) Thou hast created the north and the [fn]west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:3 - (LXX 132:3) As the dew of Aermon, that comes down on the mountains of Sion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come from Libanus, my bride, come from Libanus: thou shalt come and pass from the top of Faith, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
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