חוֹל
chôwl · khole
sand (as round or whirling particles)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2342 (חוּל);
sand (as round or whirling particles)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sand.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חוֹל 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- as the sand8 · 35%
- even as the sand2 · 9%
- than the sand2 · 9%
- and as the sand1 · 4%
- him in the sand1 · 4%
- in the sand1 · 4%
- like as the sand1 · 4%
- and the sand1 · 4%
- be as the sand1 · 4%
- also had been as the sand1 · 4%
- the sand1 · 4%
- to me above the sand1 · 4%
- neither the sand1 · 4%
- shall be as the sand1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.