H2320

חֹדֶשׁ

chôdesh · kho'-desh

the new moon; by implication, a month

Lexicon

Derivation: from H2318 (חָדַשׁ);

the new moon; by implication, a month

the new moon
by implication, a month

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: month(-ly), new moon.

Letters

Het

Dalet

Shin

חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
Concrete
wall · fence · tent wall
Extended
to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
Concrete
door · curtain · entrance
Extended
a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to separate and protect › the doorway, the way in › to consume, to destroy

To separate and protect of the doorway, the way in that works to consume, to destroy.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֹדֶשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

285 occurrences · 285 OT · 0 NT · 87 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

month112 · 46%
day of the month36 · 15%
months28 · 12%
of the month18 · 7%
from a month9 · 4%
which is the month4 · 2%
of this month3 · 1%
that is, the month3 · 1%
a month2 · 1%
of your months2 · 1%
is the new moon2 · 1%
for in the month2 · 1%
in the month2 · 1%
and on the new moons2 · 1%
and in the new moons2 · 1%
of his months2 · 1%
and it came to pass in the month2 · 1%
of the new moon2 · 1%
of the same month2 · 1%
and if it be from a month1 · 0%
in this month1 · 0%
day of this month1 · 0%
of months1 · 0%
this month1 · 0%
of a month1 · 0%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ28בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ22לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ21חֹ֣דֶשׁ15לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ11בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ10חֹ֖דֶשׁ8לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ8חֹ֥דֶשׁ7חֳדָשִׁ֑ים6לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ6חֳדָשִֽׁים׃6

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.