חוֹל
chôwl · H2344 · Hebrew · 23 occurrences
Meanings
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sand
Minute fragments resulting from the wearing down of mostly siliceous rocks, covering parts of the sea-shore, river-beds and deserts, containing materials for making dye and glass, and a symbol of large quantity
ExamplesGenesis 22:17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand, which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.
Genesis 41:49 Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.
Exodus 2:12 So he looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one around, he struck and killed the Egyptian, and hid his body in the sand.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
8 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָםsea 8
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
9 occurrences in 4 groups
- שָׂפָהlip 5
- יָםsea 2
- סָפַרto count, to tell 2
- מָדַדto measure 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָדַדto measure 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נֵטֶלheaviness 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
19 occurrences in 3 groups
- כlike/as 24
- מִןfrom 6
- בin/on/with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- טָמַןto hide oneself 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- עָפָר ʻâphâr · H6083 · dirt, dust, powder
- The pair represents two genuinely distinct Hebrew words for fine particulate matter that could substitute in contexts expressing abundance, innumerability, or loose material.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἄμμος ámmos · G285 · sand, beach
- Greek ἄμμος is the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew חוֹל, both denoting sand as a granular substance, particularly in contexts of abundance/innumerability (Genesis 22:17, 32:12) and coastal/desert settings.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Dust001002005005
- The noun names the fine sand of the seashore, used as a standard image of countless multitude, as Abraham's descendants are promised to be "as the sand which is on the seashore" (Genesis 22:17).
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2344. chol חוֺל noun masculineHos 2:1 sand (perhaps as turning or whirling; otherwise…
חוֺל noun masculineHos 2:1 sand (perhaps as turning or whirling; otherwise explained by Sta, see below חֲוִילָה; Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חָלָא, ) — ׳ח absolute Gen 22:17 Gen 22:15t.; construct Gen 32:13 Gen 32:6t.; — sand Exo 2:12 (E); set as bound for sea Jer 5:22; ח טמוני ׳שְׂפֻנֵי Deu 33:19 hidden treasures of sand, poetic for glass (regarded as mysteriously produced out of sand, see Di and references);
a. usually sand of seashore, simile of numberlessness, vastness, so of Abraham's seed Gen 22:17 (J; compare Gen 15:5); Jacob's Gen 32:13 (E) of a host Jos 11:4 (JE), Jdg 7:12; 1Sa 13:5; 2Sa 17:11; a people 1Ki 4:20; Hos 2:1; Isa 10:22; Isa 48:19 (|| כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו מֶעֶיךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֵי), Jer 33:22; Hab 1:9; of corn gathered by Joseph Gen 41:49; of days of Job Job 29:18 (on interpretation = phoenix, see Di); of birds כנף עוף (i.e. quails) Psa 78:27 (|| כֶּעָפָר); of vast extent of Solomon's wisdom 1Ki 5:9.
b. in compare, more than the sand Jer 15:8 (widows of Judah); thoughts of God Psa 139:18.
c. of weight (in balances), metaphor of Job's vexation (כַּעַשׂ) Job 6:3 heavier than the sand, compare הַחוֺל וְנֵטֶל Pro 27:3 (|| אֶבֶן כֹּבֶד), said of אֱוִיל כַּעַס. — Combinations are: הים שׂפת על אשׁר ׳כח Gen 22:17; Jos 11:4; 1Sa 13:5; 1Ki 5:9; ׳כח הַיָּם Gen 32:13; Gen 41:49; Isa 10:22; Hos 2:1 (+ יִסָּפֵר ולא יִמַּד לא אשׁר); ׳ח הַיָּם Jer 33:22; ׳כח לרב הים שֶׁעַלשֿׂפת Jdg 7:12; ׳כח לרב אשׁרעֿלהֿים 2Sa 17:11; 1Ki 4:20; יַמִּים (מ)חול Job 6:3; Psa 78:27; Jer 15:8.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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