HebrewH2312Noun (Masculine)
חֵ֫דֶק
che.deq
“briar”
2Occurrences
H2312Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
a prickly plant
from an unused root meaning to sting;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
brier, thorn, prick
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
H:N-M
Full Description
H:N-M
Occurrences
חֵ֫דֶק appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Micah
1
Proverbs
1
Key Passages
Micah 7:4BSB
The best of them is like a brier;the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns.The day for your watchmen has come,the day of your visitation.Now is the time of their confusion.
Proverbs 15:19BSB
The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns,but the path of the upright is a highway.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.