חֲמוֹר
chămôwr · kham-ore'
a male ass (from its dun red)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) חֲמֹר; from H2560 (חָמַר);
a male ass (from its dun red)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (he) ass.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲמוֹר 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
96 occurrences · 96 OT · 0 NT · 69 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of an ass6 · 10%
- asses5 · 8%
- his ass5 · 8%
- and asses5 · 8%
- of asses4 · 6%
- and the ass4 · 6%
- the ass4 · 6%
- ass3 · 5%
- their asses3 · 5%
- and the asses2 · 3%
- an ass2 · 3%
- upon an ass2 · 3%
- or his ass2 · 3%
- and ass2 · 3%
- the asses2 · 3%
- me the ass2 · 3%
- and their asses2 · 3%
- upon the asses1 · 2%
- them upon an ass1 · 2%
- and for the asses1 · 2%
- she asses1 · 2%
- they and their asses1 · 2%
- and our asses1 · 2%
- ye here with the ass1 · 2%
- and he asses1 · 2%
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.