Strong's Definition
from 2580; gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage
KJV Usage: without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חִנָּם (chin.nam) — for nothing. 1) freely, for nothing, without cause 1a) gratis, gratuitously, for nothing 1b) for no purpose, in vain 1c) gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adv · חנן
Innocent | ≈ בְּכֶסֶף
without payment, for free, gratis = action by which someone performs an event as a favor, without expecting a reward or remuneration for it
GEN 29:15 · EXO 21:2 · EXO 21:11 · NUM 11:5 · 2SA 24:24 · 1CH 21:24 · JOB 1:9 · ISA 52:3 · ISA 52:5 · JER 22:13
Cause
without cause = action by which someone performs an event without any argument, cause, or reason that could possibly explain or justify it
1SA 19:5 · 1SA 25:31 · 1KI 2:31 · JOB 2:3 · JOB 9:17 · JOB 22:6 · PSA 35:7 · PSA 35:7 · PSA 35:19 · PSA 69:5 · PSA 109:3 · PSA 119:161 · PRO 1:11 · PRO 3:30 · PRO 23:29 · PRO 24:28 · PRO 26:2 · LAM 3:52 · EZK 14:23
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חִנָּם subst., used chiefly in the accus. as adv.—lit. out of favour; i.e. gratis, gratuitously, for nothing
for no purpose, in vain
gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly
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