חֲמוֹרchămôwr
חֲמוֺר: heap (Judges 15:16)
Pronunciation: kham-ore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2543
Meanings
חֲמוֺר: (he)-ass, (he-ass; אתון = she-ass)
1. as (valuable) property, with oxen, sheep, camels, slaves, etc. (Genesis 12:16; Genesis 24:35; Genesis 30:48)
2. used for riding
c. a pair of asses (2 Samuel 16:1; Judges 19:3; Judges 19:10)
3. beast of burden (Genesis 22:3; Genesis 22:5; Genesis 22:6)
4. used in tillage (Isaiah 32:20; Deuteronomy 22:10)
5. parts of body of ass mentioned are (Judges 15:15; Judges 15:16; 2 Kings 6:25)
6. burial of an ass, in figure of ignominious treatment of a corpse (Jeremiah 22:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 96 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 12:16 Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
- Genesis 22:3 The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.
- Genesis 22:5 “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told the servants. “The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back.”
- Genesis 24:35 “And the Lord has greatly blessed my master; he has become a wealthy man. The Lord has given him flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, a fortune in silver and gold, and many male and female servants and camels and donkeys.
- Genesis 30:43 As a result, Jacob became very wealthy, with large flocks of sheep and goats, female and male servants, and many camels and donkeys.
- Genesis 32:5 and now I own cattle, donkeys, flocks of sheep and goats, and many servants, both men and women. I have sent these messengers to inform my lord of my coming, hoping that you will be friendly to me.’”
See every passage
- Genesis 12:16, 22:3, 22:5, 24:35, 30:43, 32:5, 34:28, 36:24, 42:26, 42:27, 43:18, 43:24, 44:3, 44:13, 45:23, 47:17, 49:14
- Exodus 4:20, 9:3, 13:13, 20:17, 21:33, 22:4, 22:9, 22:10, 23:4, 23:5, 23:12, 34:20
- Numbers 16:15, 31:28, 31:30, 31:34, 31:39, 31:45
- Deuteronomy 5:14, 5:21, 22:3, 22:4, 22:10, 28:31
- Joshua 6:21, 7:24, 9:4, 15:18
- Judges 1:14, 6:4, 15:15, 15:16, 19:3, 19:10, 19:19, 19:21, 19:28
- 1 Samuel 8:16, 12:3, 15:3, 16:20, 22:19, 25:18, 25:20, 25:23, 25:42, 27:9
- 2 Samuel 16:1, 16:2, 17:23, 19:26
- 1 Kings 2:40, 13:13, 13:23, 13:24, 13:27, 13:28, 13:29
- 2 Kings 6:25, 7:7, 7:10
- 1 Chronicles 5:21, 12:40
- 2 Chronicles 28:15
- Ezra 2:67
- Nehemiah 7:69, 13:15
- Job 24:3
- Proverbs 26:3
- Isaiah 1:3, 21:7, 32:20
- Jeremiah 22:19
- Ezekiel 23:20
- Zechariah 9:9, 14:15
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).