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HebrewH2544Proper Noun (Masculine)

חֲמוֹר

cha.mor

12Occurrences
H2544Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chamor, a Canaanite

the same as H2543 (חֲמוֹר); donkey;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; father of: Shechem (H7927H) Also named: Emmor (*Ἐμμόρ *"Hamor" G1697) § Hamor = "he-ass" the Hivite prince of the city of Shechem when Jacob entered Palestine

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חֲמוֹר appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
10
Judges
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

Genesis 33:19BSB

And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

Genesis 34:4BSB

So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

Genesis 34:8BSB

But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Genesis 34:18BSB

Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

Genesis 34:24BSB

All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.