HebrewH2767Noun

חׇרְמָה

chor.mah

9Occurrences
H2767Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chormah, a place in Palestine

from H2763 (חָרַם); devoted;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Hormah = "devotion" a town of the Canaanites, conquered by Joshua, allotted to Judah, and located in the south of Judah Another name of tse.phat (*צְפַ֑ת *"Zephath" H6857)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

חׇרְמָה appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
3
Numbers
2
1 Chronicles
1
1 Samuel
1
Deuteronomy
1
Judges
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:30BSB

Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

1 Samuel 30:30BSB

to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;

Deuteronomy 1:44BSB

Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

Judges 1:17BSB

Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.

Joshua 12:14BSB

the king of Hormah, one;the king of Arad, one;

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