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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2312 - חֵדֶק

Transliteration

chêdeq

Phonetics

khay'-dek

Origin

from an unused root meaning to sting

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

611a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

brier, thorn, prick

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 173 ‑ ἄκανθα (ak'‑an‑thah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Proverbs 1

Micah 1

BSB (2)

Proverbs 1

Micah 1

CSB (1)

Proverbs 1

Micah 1

ESV (2)

Proverbs 1

Micah 1

KJV (2)

Proverbs 1

Micah 1

LEB (2)

Proverbs 1

Micah 1

LSB (2)

Proverbs 1

Micah 1

N95 (2)

Proverbs 1

Micah 1

NAS (3)

Proverbs 1

Micah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Proverbs 1

Micah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2149) q d h (ההדק HhDQ) AC: ? CO: Thorn AB: ?: [from: dh- as sharp]

N^m ) q d h (ההדק HhDQ) - Thorn: KJV (2): thorn, brier - Strongs: H2312 (חֵדֶק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חֵ֑דֶק noun [masculine] brier (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חִדְקָא Löw^{p. 147, No. 104}; compare Arabic

a kind of night-shade, see Lane⁵³²); — טוֺבָם כַּחֵדֶק Micah 7:4 the best of them (si vera lectio) is like the brier ("" יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה); דֶּרֶךְ עָצֵל כִּמְשֻׂכַת חָ֑דֶק Proverbs 15:19 the way of a sluggard is like a brier-hedge.

List of Word Forms

חָ֑דֶק חדק כְּחֵ֔דֶק כחדק Chadek ḥā·ḏeq ḥāḏeq kə·ḥê·ḏeq keChedek kəḥêḏeq