Strong's Hebrew · H2496

חַלָּמִישׁ

challâmîysh · klal-law-meesh'

flint(-y), rock.

Definition

flint

Derivation

probably from H2492 (חָלַם) (in the sense of hardness);

Appears 5 times in Scripture

Isaiah 50:7

Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.

Psalms 114:8

who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

Job 28:9

The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.

Deuteronomy 8:15

He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

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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).

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