חוֹמָה chomah

Hebrew word for “wall” · Strong’s H2346 · used 133 times in 123 verses

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Meaning

wall

Senses in the lexicon

• wall (130)
• (Broad) Wall (3)

How it is translated

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

• wall 91
• walls 29
• city wall 8
• two walls 4
• like a wall 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 4 (9), Nehemiah 12 (5), Nehemiah 2 (4), Nehemiah 3 (4), Ezekiel 26 (4), Leviticus 25 (3), 2 Samuel 11 (3), Nehemiah 6 (3), Jeremiah 51 (3), Lamentations 2 (3)

Forms

• החומה 30
• חומת 20
• חומה 15
• בחומת 8
• בחומה 6
• החמה 5
• לחומה 5
• חמה 4
• החמתים 4
• חומתיך 4

Words used with it

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

• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 24
• עִיר ir “city” 31
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 22
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 19
• סָבִיב saviv “around” 14
• מִגְדָּל migdal “tower” 9
• דֶּלֶת delet “door” 9
• פָּרַץ parats “to break through” 8
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 14
• לַיְלָה laylah “night” 10
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 11
• עַד ad “till” 15

Key verses

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

• 1 Kings 9:15 — And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and…
• 2 Kings 25:4 — And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees…
• Nehemiah 1:3 — And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is…
• Nehemiah 12:27 — And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with…
• Psalms 51:18 — Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 26:1 — In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
• Isaiah 62:6 — I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
• Jeremiah 39:8 — And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 50:15 — Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take…
• Jeremiah 51:44 — And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more…
• Lamentations 2:7 — The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise…
• Zechariah 2:5 — For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

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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.