חֲמוֹרChămôwr

proper name, masculine: father of Shechem (Genesis 33:19; Genesis 34:2; Genesis 34:4; Genesis 34:6; Genesis 34:8)

Pronunciation: kham-ore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2544

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 33:19 Jacob bought the plot of land where he camped from the family of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.
  • Genesis 34:2 But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.
  • Genesis 34:4 He said to his father, Hamor, “Get me this young girl. I want to marry her.”
  • Genesis 34:6 Hamor, Shechem’s father, came to discuss the matter with Jacob.
  • Genesis 34:8 Hamor tried to speak with Jacob and his sons. “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter,” he said. “Please let him marry her.
  • Genesis 34:13 But since Shechem had defiled their sister, Dinah, Jacob’s sons responded deceitfully to Shechem and his father, Hamor.
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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).