H2346 - חוֹמָה (chôwmâh)

H2346 חוֹמָה (chôwmâh) kho-maw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection

KJV Usage: wall, walled

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חוֹמָה (cho.mah) — wall. wall

חוֹמָה (cho.mah) — (Broad) Wall. wall Combined with ra.chav (רָחָב "Broad" H7342)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חֹומָה (H2346)

noun f

Walls | ≈ קִיר

wall = structure surrounding a building, a collection of buildings, or a town; ◄ made out of stone; ► provides protection; ≈ associated with strength, safety, and the ability to resist attacks from outside

LEV 25:29 · LEV 25:30 · LEV 25:31 · DEU 3:5 · DEU 28:52 · JOS 2:15 · JOS 2:15 · JOS 6:5 · JOS 6:20 · 1SA 31:10 · 1SA 31:12 · 2SA 11:20 · 2SA 11:21 · 2SA 11:21 · 2SA 11:24 · 2SA 18:24 · 2SA 20:15 · 2SA 20:21 · 1KI 3:1 · 1KI 4:13 · 1KI 9:15 · 1KI 20:30 · 2KI 3:27 · 2KI 6:26 · 2KI 6:30 · 2KI 14:13 · 2KI 18:26 · 2KI 18:27 · 2KI 25:4 · 2KI 25:10 · 2CH 8:5 · 2CH 14:6 · 2CH 25:23 · 2CH 26:6 · 2CH 26:6 · 2CH 26:6 · 2CH 27:3 · 2CH 32:5 · 2CH 32:5 · 2CH 32:18 · 2CH 33:14 · 2CH 36:19 · NEH 1:3 · NEH 2:8 · NEH 2:13 · NEH 2:15 · NEH 2:17 · NEH 3:8 · NEH 3:13 · NEH 3:15 · NEH 3:27 · NEH 3:33 · NEH 3:35 · NEH 3:38 · NEH 3:38 · NEH 4:1 · NEH 4:4 · NEH 4:7 · NEH 4:9 · NEH 4:11 · NEH 4:13 · NEH 5:16 · NEH 6:1 · NEH 6:6 · NEH 6:15 · NEH 7:1 · NEH 12:27 · NEH 12:30 · NEH 12:31 · NEH 12:31 · NEH 12:37 · NEH 12:38 · NEH 12:38 · NEH 13:21 · PSA 51:20 · PSA 55:11 · PRO 18:11 · PRO 25:28 · SNG 5:7 · ISA 2:15 · ISA 22:10 · ISA 22:11 · ISA 25:12 · ISA 26:1 · ISA 30:13 · ISA 36:11 · ISA 36:12 · ISA 49:16 · ISA 56:5 · ISA 60:10 · ISA 60:18 · ISA 62:6 · JER 1:15 · JER 21:4 · JER 39:4 · JER 39:8 · JER 49:27 · JER 50:15 · JER 51:12 · JER 51:44 · JER 51:58 · JER 52:7 · JER 52:14 · LAM 2:7 · LAM 2:8 · LAM 2:8 · EZK 26:4 · EZK 26:9 · EZK 26:10 · EZK 26:12 · EZK 27:11 · EZK 27:11 · EZK 38:11 · EZK 38:20 · EZK 40:5 · EZK 42:20 · JOL 2:7 · JOL 2:9 · AMO 1:7 · AMO 1:10 · AMO 1:14 · AMO 7:7 · NAM 2:6 · NAM 3:8

Towns

town, city = collection of dwellings, surrounded by a wall; ◄ manmade; ► population center

LAM 2:18

People

wall > person with inner strength = person who is committed and able to resist both attacks, persecutions, and temptations ◄ as a wall

SNG 8:9 · SNG 8:10 · JER 1:18 · JER 15:20

Shape

wall = state in which a large mass of water forms the shape of a wall

EXO 14:22 · EXO 14:29

Confident

wall > protector = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to feel safe and protected, ◄ as if surrounded by a wall

1SA 25:16 · ZEC 2:9

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חוֹמָה 133 n.f. wall (as protection) usu. term for wall of city

wall of a building

fig. of waters of Red Sea

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