חֲמוֹר
chamor · Hamor
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2544 · appears 13 times in the Bible
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chamor (חֲמוֹר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hamor”.
The Hivite ruler of the city of Shechem and father of Shechem.
How to say it
cha·mor
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.
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Where it appears
- Genesis 33:19
He bought the piece of the field where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred qesitah.
- Genesis 34:2
Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the chief of the land, saw her, and he took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
- Genesis 34:4
Shechem said to Hamor his father, saying, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
- Genesis 34:6
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
- Genesis 34:8
Hamor spoke with them, saying, “Shechem, my son, his soul longs for your daughter; please give her to him as a wife.
- Genesis 34:13
The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit and spoke, because he had made Dinah their sister unclean.
- Genesis 34:18
Their words seemed good in the eyes of Hamor and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor’s son.
- Genesis 34:20
So Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
- Genesis 34:24
All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
- Genesis 34:26
Hamor and Shechem his son they killed with the edge of the sword, and they took Dinah from the house of Shechem and went out.
- Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel had brought up from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the plot of the field that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred qesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the sons of Joseph.
- Judges 9:28
Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem! And why should we serve him?
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