חוֹתָםchôwthâm
seal, signet-ring (Job 41:7; Exodus 28:11; Jeremiah 22:24; Genesis 38:18; 1 Kings 21:8)
Pronunciation: kho-thawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2368
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 38:18 “What kind of guarantee do you want?” he replied. She answered, “Leave me your identification seal and its cord and the walking stick you are carrying.” So Judah gave them to her. Then he had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant.
- Exodus 28:11 Engrave these names on the two stones in the same way a jeweler engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in settings of gold filigree.
- Exodus 28:21 Each stone will represent one of the twelve sons of Israel, and the name of that tribe will be engraved on it like a seal.
- Exodus 28:36 “Next make a medallion of pure gold, and engrave it like a seal with these words: Holy to the lord.
- Exodus 39:6 They mounted the two onyx stones in settings of gold filigree. The stones were engraved with the names of the tribes of Israel, just as a seal is engraved.
- Exodus 39:14 Each stone represented one of the twelve sons of Israel, and the name of that tribe was engraved on it like a seal.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).