Strong's Lexicon

H2346

H2346 — חוֹמָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchowmahnoun femOccurrences: 133TWOT: 674e

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2346
Word:חוֹמָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:133
Transliteration:chowmah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kho-maw'
Meaning:1. a wall of protection
KJV Renderings:wall, walled.

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חוֺמָה133 noun feminine wall (as protection; construct חמת MI21; 21 ) — absolute ׳ ח Lev 25:29 + 59 t. (including לְהַחוֺמָה Neh 12:38); חֹמָה Exod 14:29 + 8 t.; construct חוֺמַת Josh 6:5 + 28 t.; suffix חוֺמָתָהּ Nah 2:6; Nah 3:8 pl, absolute חוֺמוֺת 2Chr 8:5; Isa 26:1 חֹמוֺת Song 5:7 construct חוֺמוֺת Ps 51:20 חוֺמֹת 2Kgs 25:10 + 9 t.; suffix חוֺמֹתַי Isa 56:5 חֹמֹתֶיךָ Deut 28:52; Isa 25:12 חוֺמוֺתַיִךְ Ezek 26:10; Ezek 26:12; Ezek 27:11 (twice in verse); חוֺמֹתַיִךְ Isa 49:16 + 2 t.; חֹמֹתַיִךְ Isa 60:10 חֹמוֺתָ֑יִךְ Ezek 26:9 חוֺמוֺתֶיהָ Jer 50:15 חוֺמֹתֶיהָ Ps 55:11; Jer 1:15 dual חוֺמֹתַיִם Isa 22:11 חֹמֹתַיִם 2Kgs 25:4 = Jer 52:7 חֹמֹתָ֑יִם Jer 39:4 (on form see Ol§ 113 a); —

1. usually term for wall of city Deut 28:52; Josh 2:15; Josh 6:5; Josh 6:20 (all J E ), 1Sam 31:10; 1Sam 31:12; 2Sam 11:20; 2Sam 11:21 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 18:26; 2Kgs 18:27 = Isa 36:11; Isa 36:12; Isa 1:10; Isa 1:14; Isa 20:10; Isa 20:11; Isa 25:12; Nah 2:6; Nah 3:8; +, Jer 1:15 +, Joel 2:7; Joel 2:9 בֵּין הַחֹמֹתַיִם (of Jerusalem) i.e. between the two walls of the Ophel and the southwest hill respectively, of a reservoir Isa 22:11, a gate 2Kgs 25:4 = Jer 34:4 = Jer 52:7 symbol of Israel, Amos 7:7; 2Chr 8:5; 2Chr 14:6; 2Chr 25:23; 2Chr 26:6 (3 t. in verse); Ps 51:20; Neh 1:3 + 31 t. in Nehemiah; חוֺמַת אֲנָךְ Amos 7:7 (literally wall of a plummet) is of doubtful meaning: a wall built plumb, or by means of a plumb-line ? We thinks unintelligible; עִיר חוֺמָה = walled city, Lev 25:29, ׳ עִיר אשׁר לֹא ח Lev 25:30 (לֹא = לוֺ), opposed to ׳ הַחֲצֵרִים אשׁר אין להם ח Lev 25:31 (all H ); more elaborately גְבֹהָה דְּלָתַיִם וּבְרִ֑יחַ ׳ עָרִים בְּצֻרֹת ח Deut 3:5, compare 2Chr 8:5 גְּדֹלוֺת חוֺמָה וּבְרִיחַ נְחשֶׁת ׳ ע 1Kgs 4:13 ׳ בְצוּרָה ח Isa 2:15 ׳ ח singular of wall of Jerusalem 1Kgs 3:1 + often; contempt. חוֺמַת אַבְנֵיהֶם Neh 3:35 less often plural Neh 2:13 +; of specific portions of wall הָעֹפֶל ׳ ח 2Chr 27:3; Neh 3:27 בְּרֵבַת הַשֶּׁלַח ׳ ח Neh 3:15 ׳ הַח הָֽרְחָבָה Neh 3:8; Neh 12:38 also (generally) of Babylon Jer 51:58. — Men build, בנה, the ׳ ח 1Kgs 9:15 +, especially (of rebuilding), Neh 2:17 +; fortify it בִּצֵּר Isa 22:10 it is joined together קשׁר Neh 3:38 is repaired ׳ עָֽלְתָה אֲרוּכָה לְח Neh 4:1 it falls נפל Josh 6:5; Josh 6:20; 1Kgs 20:30; Ezek 38:20 the enemy makes it fall הִפִּיל 2Sam 20:15 (preceded by מַשְׁחִית si vera lectio, see Dr); destroys it הִשְׁחִית Lam 2:8 שִׁהֵת Ezek 26:4 makes a breach in it ׳ פָּרַץ בּ 2Kgs 14:13 = 2Chr 25:23, compare פרץ with accusative 2Chr 26:6; Neh 3:35, and ׳ וֶיִּבֶן אֶתכֿלהֿח הַפְּרוּצָה 2Chr 32:5 also (in simile) ׳ עִיר פְּרוּצָה ואין ח Prov 25:28 and Punic participle מְפֹרָ֑צֶת Neh 1:3 one breakes it down נָתַץ 2Kgs 25:10; 2Chr 36:19; Jer 39:8; Jer 52:14 tears it down הָרַס Ezek 26:12, compare passive Jer 50:15 Amos predicts that ׳ י will send fire into wall (of Gaza, etc.): ׳ וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אֵשׁ בְּח Amos 1:7; Amos 1:10 or kindle fire in ׳ וְהִצַּתִּי אֵשׁ בְּח Amos 1:14, so Jer 49:27.
2. wall of a building:
a. citadel, fortress; ארמנותיה ׳ ח Lam 2:7.
b. surrounding new temple Ezek 40:5; Ezek 42:20.
3. figurative of waters of Red Sea Exod 14:22; Exod 14:29 ( P ), compare Nah 3:8 of David's men as protectors of Nabal's shepherds 1Sam 25:16 of prophet as object of assault חוֺמַת נְחשֶׁת Jer 1:18 נחשׁת בְּצוּרָה ׳ ח Jer 15:20 of strong, virtuous woman Song 8:9; Song 8:10 of salvation, יְשׁוּעָה, as defence Isa 26:1 (|| חֵל); of ׳ י himself ׳ ח אֵשׁ Zech 2:9 a dangerous political scheme is called breach in נִשְׁגָּבָה ׳ ח Isa 30:13 נִשְׂגָּבָה ׳ ח in simile of wealth Prov 18:11 (|| קִרְיַת עֻזּוֺ); a reckless man is ׳ עִיר פְּרוּצָה אֵין ח Prov 25:28 .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חומה (gh)

Exodus 14:22

KJV: And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
EHCC: 99, the waters (were) a wail unto them

Exodus 28:52

EHCC: until thy high and fe: walle come

Exodus 6:5

KJV: And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
EHCC: the wall of the city shall fall

Exodus 31:10

KJV: And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office,
EHCC: hey fastened his body to the wull of

2 Samuel 11:20

KJV: And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
EHCC: that they would \ from the wall ?

2 Samuel 31:4

EHCC: millstone upon him from the wall,

2 Samuel 18:24

KJV: And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
EHCC: to the roof over the gate unto the wull,

2 Samuel 20:15

KJV: And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.in the trench: or, against the outmost wallbattered: Heb. marred to throw down
EHCC: battered the wall, to throw it down.

2 Samuel 4:13

EHCC: threescore great cities with walls

2 Samuel 9:15

EHCC: Millo, and the ery * salem

2 Samuel 20:30

EHCC: a wall fell upon 27,

2 Samuel 14:18

KJV: Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
EHCC: brake down the oad of Jerusalem

2 Samuel 16:26

EHCC: the people that (are) on the wail.

2 Samuel 25:4

EHCC: way of the gate between tio walls,

2 Chronicles 8:5

KJV: Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
EHCC: cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

2 Chronicles 14:7

KJV: Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
EHCC: (6).make about (them) rad/s,

2 Chronicles 25:23

KJV: And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth–shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.the corner…: Heb. the gate of it that looketh
EHCC: brake down the wail of Jerusalem

2 Chronicles 26:6

KJV: And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.about…: or, in the country of Ashdod
EHCC: the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh,

2 Chronicles 27:3

KJV: He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.Ophel: or, the tower
EHCC: and on the wall of Ophel

2 Chronicles 83:14

EHCC: Now after this he built a wall

2 Chronicles 36:19

KJV: And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
EHCC: brake down the wall of Jerusalem,

Nehemiah 1:3

KJV: And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
EHCC: the wall of Jerusalem also (is) broken

Nehemiah 2:8

KJV: And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
EHCC: and for the wall of the city,

Nehemiah 8:8

KJV: So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
EHCC: Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

Nehemiah 4:1

KJV: But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
EHCC: 3:83(. Sanballat heard that we builded

Nehemiah 3:35

EHCC: even break down thelr stone wall.

Nehemiah 3:38

EHCC: So built we the wall; and all the wail

Nehemiah 5:16

KJV: Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
EHCC: 1 continued in the work of this wall,

Nehemiah 6:1

KJV: Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
EHCC: that 1 had builded the wall,

Nehemiah 15:50

EHCC: the wall was finished

Nehemiah 7:1

KJV: Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
EHCC: when the wail was built,

Nehemiah 12:27

KJV: And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
EHCC: at the dedication of the wall of

Nehemiah 13:21

KJV: Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.about: Heb. before
EHCC: Why lodge ye about the wall?

Psalms 51:18

KJV: Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
EHCC: ( 20). build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalms 55:10

KJV: Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
EHCC: (11).go about it upon the walls thereof:

Proverbs 18:11

KJV: The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
EHCC: and as אם high wall in his own

Proverbs 25:28

KJV: He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
EHCC: broken down, (and) without walls.

Song of Songs 5:7

KJV: The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
EHCC: the keepers of the walls took away

Song of Songs 8:9

KJV: If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
EHCC: If she (be) a wall, we will build

Song of Songs 10:1

EHCC: (am) ₪ wall, and my breasts like towers:

Isaiah 2:15

KJV: And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
EHCC: upon every fenced wall,

Isaiah 22:10

KJV: And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
EHCC: broken down to fortify the wall,

Isaiah 25:12

KJV: And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
EHCC: fortress of the high fort of thy walls

Isaiah 26:1

KJV: In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
EHCC: salvation will (God) appoint (for) walls

Isaiah 30:13

KJV: Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
EHCC: swelling out in a high wall,

Isaiah 36:11

KJV: Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
EHCC: the people that {are} on the wall.

Isaiah 49:16

KJV: Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
EHCC: thy walls (are) continually before me.

Isaiah 56:5

KJV: Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
EHCC: and within my walls a place

Isaiah 60:10

KJV: And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
EHCC: strangers shall build up thy walls,

Isaiah 62:6

KJV: I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,make…: or, are the Lord’s remembrancers
EHCC: 1 have set watchmen upon thy walls,

Jeremiah 1:15

KJV: For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
EHCC: against all the walls thereof

Jeremiah 15:20

KJV: And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
EHCC: this people a fenced brasen wall ;

Jeremiah 21:4

KJV: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
EHCC: which besiege you without the walls,

Jeremiah 39:4

KJV: And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
EHCC: the gate betwixt the two walls :

Jeremiah 49:27

KJV: And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben–hadad.
EHCC: 1 will kindle a fire in the wall of

Jeremiah 50:15

KJV: Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
EHCC: her walls are thrown down:

Jeremiah 51:12

KJV: Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.ambushes: Heb. liers in wait
EHCC: Set up the standard upon the walls of

Jeremiah 52:7

KJV: Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
EHCC: the gate between the two walls,

Lamentations 2:7

KJV: The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.given up: Heb. shut up
EHCC: enemy the walls of her palaces;

Lamentations 2:8

KJV: The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.destroying: Heb. swallowing up
EHCC: destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion:

Ezekiel 26:4

KJV: And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
EHCC: they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus,

Joel 2:7

KJV: They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
EHCC: shall climb the wail like men of war;

Nahum 2:5

KJV: He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.worthies: or, gallantsdefence: Heb. covering, or, coverer
EHCC: (6).make haste to the wall thereof,

Zechariah 2:5

KJV: For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
EHCC: (9).the Lord, will be unto her a wall of
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