חָמֻשׁ
chamush · in battle array
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2571 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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chamush (חָמֻשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “in battle array”.
Formed like an army, in marching order; armed.
How to say it
cha·mush
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
- Lined up for war.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- battle formation ×3
- those in battle array ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 13:18
So Elohim led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Sea of Reeds. And the sons of Israel went up in battle formation from the land of Egypt.
- Joshua 1:14
Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall live in the land that Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but you shall cross in battle formation before your brothers, all the mighty warriors, and help them,
- Joshua 4:12
The sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed in battle formation before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them.
- Judges 7:11
and you will hear what they say, and afterward your hands will be strengthened, and you will go down against the camp.” So he went down, he and Purah his young man, to the edge of those in battle array who were in the camp.