HebrewH2368Noun (Masculine)

חֹתָם

cho.tam

12Occurrences
H2368Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a signature-ring

or חֹתָם; from H2856 (חָתַם);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
seal, signet, signet-ring

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

חֹתָם appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
6
1 Kings
1
Genesis
1
Haggai
1
Jeremiah
1
Job
1
Song of Solomon
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 21:8BSB

Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

Exodus 28:21BSB

The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

Exodus 39:6BSB

They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

Exodus 39:30BSB

They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal:HOLY TO THE LORD.

Haggai 2:23BSB

On that day,declares the LORD of Hosts,I will take you, My servant,Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,declares the LORD,and I will make you like My signet ring,for I have chosen you,declares the LORD of Hosts.”

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