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H2420חִידָהchi.dah

riddlePart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 1
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 8
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 1
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 1
  27. 1
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 1
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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17 occurrences in 17 verses

With their references and text in Young's Literal Translation.

  1. Numbers 12:8

    mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and `by' an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant -- against Moses?'

    בְחִידֹ֔ת (חִידֹ֔ת) chi.Dot “riddles”

  2. Judges 14:12

    And Samson saith to them, `Let me, I pray you, put forth to you a riddle; if ye certainly declare it to me `in' the seven days of the banquet, and have found `it' out, then I have given to you thirty linen shirts, and thirty changes of garments;

    חִידָ֑ה chi.Dah “a riddle”

  3. Judges 14:13

    and if ye are not able to declare `it' to me, then ye have given to me thirty linen shirts, and thirty changes of garments.' And they say to him, `Put forth thy riddle, and we hear it!'

    חִידָתְךָ֖ (חִידָתְ) chi.da.te. “riddle”

  4. Judges 14:14

    And he saith to them: `Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweetness;' and they were not able to declare the riddle `in' three days.

    הַחִידָ֖ה (חִידָ֖ה) chi.Dah “riddle”

  5. Judges 14:15

    And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they say to Samson's wife, `Entice thy husband, that he declare to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and the house of thy father with fire; to possess us have ye called for us? is it not?'

    הַ֣חִידָ֔ה (חִידָ֔ה) chi.Dah “riddle”

  6. Judges 14:16

    And Samson's wife weepeth for it, and saith, `Thou hast only hated me, and hast not loved me; the riddle thou hast put forth to the sons of my people -- and to me thou hast not declared it;' and he saith to her, `Lo, to my father and to my mother I have not declared `it' -- and to thee I declare `it'!'

    הַֽחִידָ֥ה (חִידָ֥ה) chi.Dah “riddle”

  7. Judges 14:17

    And she weepeth for it the seven days `in' which their banquet hath been, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day that he declareth `it' to her, for she hath distressed him; and she declareth the riddle to the sons of her people.

    הַחִידָ֖ה (חִידָ֖ה) chi.Dah “riddle”

  8. Judges 14:18

    And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in: -- `What `is' sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?' And he saith to them: `Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.'

    חִידָתִֽי׃ (חִידָתִֽ) chi.da.T “riddle”

  9. Judges 14:19

    And the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and he goeth down to Ashkelon, and smiteth of them thirty men, and taketh their armour, and giveth the changes to those declaring the riddle; and his anger burneth, and he goeth up to the house of his father;

    הַחִידָ֑ה (חִידָ֑ה) chi.Dah “riddle”

  10. 1 Kings 10:1

    And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas,

    בְּחִידֽוֹת׃ (חִידֽוֹת) chi.Dot “difficult matters”

  11. 2 Chronicles 9:1

    And the queen of Sheba hath heard of the fame of Solomon, and cometh in to try Solomon with acute sayings, to Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels bearing spices and gold in abundance, and precious stone; and she cometh in unto Solomon, and speaketh with him all that hath been with her heart,

    בְחִיד֜וֹת (חִיד֜וֹת) chi.Dot “difficult matters”

  12. Psalms 49:4

    I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

    חִידָתִֽי׃ (חִידָתִֽ) chi.da.T “riddle”

  13. Psalms 78:2

    I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

    חִ֝יד֗וֹת chi.Dot “riddles”

  14. Proverbs 1:6

    For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

    וְחִידֹתָֽם׃ (חִידֹתָֽ) chi.do.Ta “parables”

  15. Ezekiel 17:2

    `Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,

    חִידָ֖ה chi.Dah “a riddle”

  16. Daniel 8:23

    `And in the latter end of their kingdom, about the perfecting of the transgressors, stand up doth a king, fierce of face, and understanding hidden things;

    חִידֽוֹת׃ chi.Dot “of intrigue<s>”

  17. Habakkuk 2:6

    Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo `to' him who is multiplying `what is' not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

    חִיד֣וֹת chi.Dot “riddles”