BDB2587
חוּג noun [masculine] vault; — only of vault of the heavens חוּג שׁמים התהלך Job 22:14 בְּחֻקֿוֺ חוּג עלֿ תהום ׳ פנ Prov 8:27 הישֵׁב עַלחֿוּג הארץ Isa 40:22.
Strong's Lexicon
H2329
H2329 — חוּג
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H2329 |
|---|---|
| Word: | חוּג |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H2328 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | chuwg |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khoog |
| Meaning: | 1. a circle |
| KJV Renderings: | circle, circuit, compass. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
חוג (ghoog)
Job 22:14
- KJV: Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
- EHCC: and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Proverbs 8:27
- KJV: When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:a compass: or, a circle
- EHCC: he set a cone upon the face of the
Isaiah 40:22
- KJV: It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:It is…: or, Him that
- EHCC: he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,
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