H2420 חִידָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 17 KJV occurrences
חִידָה
chîydâh · khee-daw'
Definition
a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
KJV Renderings
dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
Derivation / Etymology
from H2330 (חוּד);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 17)
- Numbers 12:8With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
- Judges 14:13But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
- Judges 14:15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?
- Judges 14:17And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
- Judges 14:19¶ And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
- 2 Chronicles 9:1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
- Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
- Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;