Strong's Hebrew · H2346
חוֹמָה
chôwmâh · kho-maw'
wall, walled.
Definition
a wall of protection
Derivation
feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join;
Appears 132 times in Scripture
“So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.”
“If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.”
“Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.”
“Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.”
“against every high tower, against every fortified wall,”
“and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.”
“All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.”
“But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.”
“If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.”
“But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).