Strong's Hebrew · H2544

חֲמוֹר

Chămôwr · kham-ore'

Hamor.

Definition

Chamor, a Canaanite

Derivation

the same as H2543 (חֲמוֹר); donkey;

Appears 13 times in Scripture

Genesis 34:4

So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

Genesis 33:19

And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

Genesis 34:13

But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

Genesis 34:18

Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

Genesis 34:20

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:

Genesis 34:6

Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

Genesis 34:8

But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Genesis 34:24

All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.

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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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