חֹדֶשׁ chodesh

Hebrew word for “month” · Strong’s H2320 · used 283 times in 224 verses

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Meaning

: month; 1) the new moon, month, monthly; 1a) the first day of the month; 1b) the lunar month

Senses in the lexicon

• month (256)
• month: new moon (27)

How it is translated

Glosses given for chodesh in context, with how often each is used:

• month 218
• months 38
• new moon 15
• new moons 11
• will be in the month 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Chronicles 27 (14), Leviticus 23 (8), Numbers 3 (7), Esther 9 (6), Numbers 9 (5), 1 Samuel 20 (5), 2 Kings 25 (5), Ezekiel 45 (5), Genesis 8 (4), Exodus 12 (4)

Forms

• לחדשׁ 99
• בחדשׁ 62
• חדשׁ 43
• חדשׁים 29
• החדשׁ 19
• ובחדשׁ 6
• ולחדשׁים 4
• חדשׁיכם 3
• לחדשׁי 2
• בחדשׁו 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chodesh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 71
• עָשָׂר asar “ten” 58
• אַרְבַּע arba “four” 41
• עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 40
• שְׁבִיעִי shevii “seventh” 28
• רִאשׁוֹן rishon “first” 30
• שֶׁבַע sheva “seven” 30
• חַג chag “feast” 20
• אֶחָד echad “one” 33
• שָׁלֹשׁ shalosh “three” 25
• חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 22
• שֵׁנִי sheni “second” 19

Key verses

The verses using chodesh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 7:11 — In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken…
• Genesis 38:24 — And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with…
• Exodus 12:6 — And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
• Leviticus 16:29 — And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all,…
• Numbers 10:10 — Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and…
• 2 Kings 25:1 — And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all…
• Nehemiah 9:1 — Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
• Ezekiel 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the…
• Ezekiel 20:1 — And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and…
• Ezekiel 45:17 — And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths,…
• Amos 4:7 — And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain…
• Haggai 1:1 — In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.