New
חָדָשׁStrong’s H2319chadash (cha-dash)
Appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chadash is the Hebrew word usually translated “new”. It appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.”
Meaning
- § new, new thing, fresh
- New, new thing, fresh
How it's translated
- new 48
- a new 4
- and new 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 8
- Psalms 6
- Deuteronomy 4
- Judges 4
- Jeremiah 4
- Ezekiel 3
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 23:16Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
- Leviticus 26:10And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
- Numbers 28:26Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
- Deuteronomy 20:5And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
- Deuteronomy 22:8When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
- Deuteronomy 24:5When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
All 48 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חָדָשׁ chadash · New (Gate)
§ new, new thing, fresh
חָדָשׁ chadash · new
new, new thing, fresh Aramaic equivalent: cha.dat (חֲדַ֑ת "new" H2323)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “new” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NEW, adjective
- Lately made, invented, produced or come into being; that has existed a short time only; recent in origin; novel; opposed to old, and used of things; as a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion; a new theory; the new chimistry; a new discovery.
- Lately introduced to our knowledge; not before known; recently discovered; as a new metal; a new species of animals or plants found in foreign countries; the new continent.
- Modern; not ancient.
- Recently produced by change; as a new life.“Put on the new man” Ephesians 4:24
All definitions and other forms of “new”
- Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
- Renovated; repaired so as to recover the first state.
- Fresh after any event.
- Not of ancient extraction or a family of ancient distinction.
- Not before used; strange; unknown.“They shall speak with new tongues” Mark 16:17
- Recently commenced; as the new year.
- Having passed the change or conjunction with the sun; as the new moon.
- Not cleared and cultivated, or lately cleared; as new land.
- That has lately appeared for the first time; as a new star.
NEW, verb transitive
To make new [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.