Donkey
חֲמוֹרStrong’s H2543chamor (cha-mor)
Appears in 93 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chamor is the Hebrew word usually translated “donkey”, “donkeys” and “donkey his”. It appears in 93 verses of the Old Testament.
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.”
Meaning
- (he) ass
How it's translated
- the donkey 18
- a donkey 14
- and donkeys 8
- donkeys 8
- the donkeys 6
- donkey his 5
- and donkey 4
- and the donkey 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 17
- Exodus 12
- 1 Samuel 10
- Judges 9
- 1 Kings 7
- Numbers 6
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 14:15In contextAnd so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
- Genesis 12:16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
- Genesis 22:3And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
- Genesis 22:5And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
- Genesis 24:35And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
- Genesis 30:43And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
All 93 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חֲמוֹר chamor · donkey
(he) ass
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.