חָדַשׁ

chadash · renew, repair

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2318 · appears 10 times in the Bible

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What it means

chadash (חָדַשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “renew, repair”.

To renew, to make new again; also to repair or rebuild.

How to say it

cha·dash

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To give something a fresh start, as if for the first time.
  2. To fix what was broken or in ruins so it serves again.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • renew ×8
  • renewed ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • 1 Samuel 11:14

    Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there.”

  • 2 Chronicles 15:8

    When Asa heard these words and the prophecy, Oded the prophet, he grew strong and removed the detestable things from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had captured from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of YHWH that was in front of the portico of YHWH.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:4

    And it happened after this that it was in the heart of Joash to renew the house of YHWH.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:12

    The king and Jehoiada gave it to those doing the work of the service of the house of YHWH; and they were hiring stonecutters and craftsmen to renew the house of YHWH, and also craftsmen in iron and bronze to repair the house of YHWH.

  • Job 10:17

    You renew your witnesses against me and increase your vexation with me; relays and an army are against me.

  • Psalms 51:10

    A clean heart create for me, Elohim, and a firm spirit renew within me.

  • Psalms 103:5

    who satisfies with good your ornament, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle.

  • Psalms 104:30

    You send forth your spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

  • Isaiah 61:4

    And they will build the ancient ruins; the former desolations they will raise up; and they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of generation after generation.

  • Lamentations 5:21

    Bring us back, YHWH, to you, and we will return; renew our days as of old.