H2773 - חֹרֹנַיִם (Chôrônayim)

H2773 חֹרֹנַיִם (Chôrônayim) kho-ro-nah'-yim

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Horonaim

Biblical Persons & Places

Horonaim Horonaim

A location first mentioned at Isa.15.5; referred to as Horonaim (NIV= Horonaim [LXX]) (חֹרֹנַיִם).

Strong's Definition

Choronajim, a place in Moab

Derivation: dual of a derivative from H2356 (חוֹר); double cave-town;

KJV Usage: Horonaim.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Horonaim = "two caves"

1) a town of Moab

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Horonaim = "two caves" a town of Moab

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֹרֹנַיִם chôrônayim BDB Definition: Horonaim = two caves 1) a town of Moab Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: dual of a derivative from H2356 Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

15:5

48:3 48:5 48:34

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah.... With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament... their destruction on the road to Horonaim.

Jeremiah 48:3

A voice cries out from Horonaim: Devastation and great destruction!

Jeremiah 48:5

For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:

Jeremiah 48:34

There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah...; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.