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Lexicon :: Strong's H2320 - ḥōḏeš

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חֹדֶשׁ
Transliteration
ḥōḏeš
Pronunciation
kho'-desh
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From חָדַשׁ (H2318)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 613b

Strong’s Definitions

חֹדֶשׁ chôdesh, kho'-desh; from H2318; the new moon; by implication, a month:—month(-ly), new moon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 276x

The KJV translates Strong's H2320 in the following manner: month (254x), new moon (20x), monthly (1x), another (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 276x
The KJV translates Strong's H2320 in the following manner: month (254x), new moon (20x), monthly (1x), another (1x).

  1. the new moon, month, monthly

    1. the first day of the month

    2. the lunar month

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹדֶשׁ chôdesh, kho'-desh; from H2318; the new moon; by implication, a month:—month(-ly), new moon.
STRONGS H2320: Abbreviations
I. חֹ֫דֶשׁ 282 noun masculineGenesis 7:11 (feminine MT Genesis 38:24 but masculine Sam Di) (newness), new moon, month (on formation compare LgBN 144; on usage, names, etc., Muss-ArnJBL 1892, 72 ff., 160 ff.) — ח׳ absolute Genesis 7:11 +; construct (rare) Genesis 29:14 +; suffix חָדְשׁוֺ Numbers 28:14 + 2 times; חָדְשָׁהּ Hosea 2:13; Jeremiah 2:24; plural חֳדָשִׁים Genesis 38:24 +; construct חָדְשֵׁי Exodus 12:2 + 2 times; suffix חֳדָשָׁיו Job 14:5 + 2 times; חָדְשֵׁיכֶם Isaiah 1:14; Numbers 28:11; חָדְשֵׁכֶם Numbers 10:10; —
†1. new moon = day, time, of new moon, as religious festival 1 Samuel 20:5, 18, 24, 27, 34 (Dr); compare יאֹכְלֵם ח׳ Hosea 5:7 a new moon shall devour them, Hi St VB, but on text see We; usually || שַׁבָּת Amos 8:5; 2 Kings 4:23; Isaiah 1:13 (+ קְרֹא מִקְרָא), מִדֵּי חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֺ Isaiah 66:23, Ezekiel 46:1, 6 (both יוֺם הַח׳), 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 2 Chronicles 8:13; 31:3; Nehemiah 10:34 (all + מוֺעֵד), Hosea 2:13; Ezekiel 45:17 (both + חג, מועד); || מוֺעֵד alone Isaiah 1:14; Ezekiel 3:5; || יוֺם חַגֵּנוּ Psalm 81:4; (compare ראֹשׁ הַח׳ Numbers 10:10; Numbers 28:11; on religious observance of new moon compare DiLv p. 578 f BenzArchäol. § 69); as time of augury in Babylon (astrological prognostication) Isaiah 47:13.
2. month (as beginning with new moon, lunar month; compare BenzArchäol. § 30, but then, without reference to day of beginning);
†a. as measure of time during which Genesis 38:24 (J), Numbers 11:20, 21 (JE), Numbers 9:22 (P), Judges 11:37, 38, 39; Judges 20:47; 1 Samuel 6:1; 1 Samuel 27:7; 2 Samuel 2:11; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 6:11; 2 Samuel 24:8, 13 = 1 Chronicles 21:12; Amos 4:7; 1 Kings 4:7; 1 Kings 5:7; 1 Kings 5:28 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 11:16; 2 Kings 15:8; 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:8; Ezekiel 39:12, 14; 1 Chronicles 3:4; 1 Chronicles 13:14; 2 Chronicles 36:2, 9; Esther 2:12 (3 times in verse). In 1 Samuel 10:27b read probably כְּמֵחֹדֶשׁ for MT כמחרישׁ, and join to 1 Samuel 11:1, so We Dr (compare Genesis 38:24); in combinations, יָמִים ח׳ a month (of) time (compare יֶרַח ימים Deuteronomy 21:1; 2 Kings 15:13) Genesis 29:14 (J), Numbers 11:20, 26 (JE), ימים ארבעה ח׳ Judges 19:2; of age מִסְפַּר־ח׳ number of his months =length of his life Job 14:5; Job 21:21; compare especially בֶּןחֿ׳ Leviticus 27:6; Numbers 3:15, 22, 28, 34, 39, 40, 43; Numbers 18:16; Numbers 26:22 (all P). †
b. calendar months,
† (1) with names הָאָבִיב ח׳ Exodus 13:4; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:18 (twice in verse) (all J E; = 1st month Exodus 12:2 P), Deuteronomy 16:11; זִו ח׳ 1 Kings 6:1 (= 2nd mo. ib.; = יֶרַח זִו 1 Kings 6:37); compare 1 Kings 8:2 (הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַח׳ = יֶרַךְ הָאֵתָנִים), 1 Kings 6:38 (הַשְּׁמִינִי הַח׳ = יֶרַח בּוּל); in the post-exilic books occur Babylonian names (see the several words): — נִיסָן ח׳ Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7 (= 1st mo. Esther 3:7); סִיוָן ח׳ Esther 8:9 = 3rd mo.; כִּסְלֵו ח׳ Zechariah 7:1; Nehemiah 1:1 (= 9th mo. Zechariah 7:1); טֵבֵ֑ת ח׳ Esther 2:16 = 10th mo.; שְׁבָט ח׳ Zechariah 1:7 = 11th mo.; אֲדָר ח׳ Esther 3:7, 13; Esther 8:12; Esther 9:1 in all = 12th mo., Esther 9:15, 17, 19, 21; (compare also אֱלוּל Nehemiah 6:15, without ח׳ or יֶרַךְ; this was 6th mo.; see further SchrCOT Nehemiah 1:1 Benzl.c.). †
(2) merely numbered (chiefly P and late) e.g. הַשֵּׁנִי בַּח׳ Genesis 7:11, compare Genesis 8:4, 5, 14; Leviticus 16:29; Numbers 1:1, 18 (all P) + often P; Deuteronomy 1:3 (P), 1 Kings 12:32; 1 Kings 12:33; 1 Kings 25:1; 1 Kings 25:3; 1 Kings 25:8; 1 Kings 25:25; 1 Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 1:3 + 11 times Jeremiah; Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 32:1; Haggai 1:1, 15; Zechariah 1:1; Zechariah 7:1, 13; 1 Chronicles 12:15, compare entire list 1 Chronicles 27:2-15; 2 Chronicles 3:2 + 12 times 2 Chronicles; Ezra 3:1 + 10 times Ezra; Nehemiah 7:72; Nehemiah 8:2, 14; Esther 3:12; note especially הַזֶּה לָכֶם ראֹשׁ חָדָשִׁ֑ים רִאשׁוֺן הוּא לָכֶם הַח׳ Exodus 12:2 (P), as implying that the 1st mo. was formerly not in the spring; observe also usage of omitting ח׳, e.g. בָּרִאשׁוֺן = הָר׳ בַּח׳ Genesis 8:13, compare Genesis 8:5; so commonly in Ezekiel: — Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 20:1; Ezekiel 29:1, 17; Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 33:21; Ezekiel 45:18, 21, 25 + Ezekiel 26:1; Ezekiel 32:17; Ezekiel 45:20 Co; (ח׳ sometimes expressed, see Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 32:1 above; on like usage with יום see יום).
(3) special phrases and usages are: — † עֹלַת חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֺ לְחָדְשֵׁי שָׁנָה Numbers 28:14 (P; compare יום, and Isaiah 66:23 above 1); מִיּוֺם לְיוֺם וּמֵחֹדֶשׁ לְחֹדֶשׁ Esther 3:7 from day to day and from month to month; חָדְשָׁהּ Jeremiah 2:24 of wild she-ass's mating time.†
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 7:11; 7:11; 8:4; 8:5; 8:5; 8:13; 8:14; 29:14; 29:14; 38:24; 38:24; 38:24; 38:24

Exodus

12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 13:4; 23:15; 34:18

Leviticus

16:29; 27:6

Numbers

1:1; 1:18; 3:15; 3:22; 3:28; 3:34; 3:39; 3:40; 3:43; 9:22; 10:10; 10:10; 11:20; 11:20; 11:21; 11:26; 18:16; 26:22; 28:11; 28:11; 28:14; 28:14

Deuteronomy

1:3; 16:11; 21:1

Judges

11:37; 11:38; 11:39; 19:2; 20:47

1 Samuel

6:1; 10:27; 11:1; 20:5; 20:18; 20:24; 20:27; 20:34; 27:7

2 Samuel

2:11; 5:5; 6:11; 24:8; 24:13

1 Kings

4:7; 5:7; 6:1; 6:37; 6:38; 8:2; 11:16; 12:32; 12:33

2 Kings

4:23; 15:8; 15:13; 23:31; 24:8

1 Chronicles

3:4; 12:15; 13:14; 21:12; 23:31; 27:2; 27:3; 27:4; 27:5; 27:6; 27:7; 27:8; 27:9; 27:10; 27:11; 27:12; 27:13; 27:14; 27:15

2 Chronicles

2:3; 3:2; 8:13; 31:3; 36:2; 36:9

Ezra

3:1

Nehemiah

1:1; 1:1; 2:1; 6:15; 7:72; 8:2; 8:14; 10:34

Esther

2:12; 2:16; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 3:12; 3:13; 8:9; 8:12; 9:1; 9:15; 9:17; 9:19; 9:21

Job

14:5; 14:5; 21:21

Psalms

81:4

Isaiah

1:13; 1:14; 1:14; 47:13; 66:23; 66:23

Jeremiah

1:3; 2:24; 2:24

Ezekiel

1:1; 3:5; 8:1; 20:1; 24:1; 24:1; 26:1; 29:1; 29:17; 30:20; 31:1; 32:1; 32:1; 32:17; 33:21; 39:12; 39:14; 45:17; 45:18; 45:20; 45:21; 45:25; 46:1; 46:6

Hosea

2:13; 2:13; 5:7

Amos

4:7; 8:5

Haggai

1:1; 1:15

Zechariah

1:1; 1:7; 7:1; 7:1; 7:1; 7:13