HebrewH2320Noun (Masculine)

חֹ֫דֶשׁ

cho.desh

216Occurrences
H2320Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the new moon; by implication, a month

from H2318 (חָדַשׁ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
month 1) the new moon, month, monthly 1a) the first day of the month 1b) the lunar month

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

חֹ֫דֶשׁ appears 216 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
31
Ezk
25
1 Chronicles
18
2 Chronicles
15
Esther
13
Jeremiah
13
Exodus
12
Ezra
11

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 13:14BSB

Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he owned.

2 Chronicles 36:9BSB

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

Exodus 19:1BSB

In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.

Genesis 7:11BSB

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Leviticus 23:39BSB

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.

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