HebrewH2543Noun

חֲמוֹר

cha.mor

86Occurrences
H2543Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a male ass (from its dun red)

or (shortened) חֲמֹר; from H2560 (חָמַר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(he) ass

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

H:N

Full Description

Hebrew Noun

Occurrences

חֲמוֹר appears 86 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
16
1 Samuel
10
Exodus
9
Judges
9
1 Kings
7
Deuteronomy
6
Numbers
6
Joshua
4

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 5:21BSB

They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 captives,

1 Samuel 8:16BSB

And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

Exodus 23:4BSB

If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

Genesis 43:18BSB

But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”

Judges 19:28BSB

“Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.

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