Hebrew and Greek words › Hebrew › H2324
חֲוָה chavah
Hebrew word for “to show” · Strong’s H2324 · used 14 times in 13 verses
Meaning
1) to show, interpret, explain, inform, tell, declare; 1a) (Pael) to show, interpret; 1b) (Aphel) to show
How it is translated
Glosses given for chavah in context, with how often each is used:
- will declare 6
- declare 5
- will declare to 2
- declare to 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 14 | 2.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 2 (9), Daniel 5 (3), Daniel 4 (1)
Forms
- להחויה 5
- נחוא 1
- תהחון 1
- החוני 1
- נהחוה 1
- תהחונני 1
- יחונה 1
- אחוא 1
- יחונני 1
- יהחוה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chavah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- פְּשַׁר peshar “interpretation” 9
- קֳדָם qodam “before” 8
- דִּי di “that” 10
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 9
- אֲמַר amar “to say” 7
- חֵלֶם chelem “dream” 5
- אָשַׁף ashshaph “enchanter” 4
- עֲלַל alal “to come” 4
- חַכִּים chakkim “wise” 4
- לָא la “not” 5
- מִלָּה millah “word” 4
- עֲנָה anah “to answer” 4
Key verses
The verses using chavah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Daniel 2:4 — Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:6 — But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the…
- Daniel 2:7 — They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
- Daniel 2:9 — But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the…
- Daniel 2:10 — The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor…
- Daniel 2:11 — And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
- Daniel 2:24 — Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men…
- Daniel 2:27 — Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the…
- Daniel 4:2 — I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
- Daniel 5:7 — The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall…
- Daniel 5:12 — Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found…
- Daniel 5:15 — And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof:…
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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.