H2346 חוֹמָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 133 KJV occurrences
חוֹמָה
chôwmâh · kho-maw'
Definition
a wall of protection
KJV Renderings
wall, walled.
Derivation / Etymology
feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 133)
- Exodus 14:22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
- 2 Samuel 11:21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
- 2 Chronicles 8:5Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
- Nehemiah 2:17¶ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
- Nehemiah 6:6Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
- Song of Solomon 8:10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
- Jeremiah 15:20And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
- Ezekiel 26:10By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.