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Hamor

An ass; clay; Hamor is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “an ass; clay; dirt.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G1697, H2544
Hebrew
חֲמוֹר · Chămôwr
Greek
Ἐμμόρ · Emmor
Name meaning
an ass; clay; dirt According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἐμμόρ

G1697
Transliteration
Emmor
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Hamor, Emmor

Lexicon definition

Ἑμμώρ (T, Ἐμμώρ, Rec. -όρ indecl. (Heb. חֲמוֹר), Emmor (Gen.33:19): Act.7:16.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

חֲמוֹר

H2543
Transliteration
chămôwr
Pronunciation
kham-ore'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
96

Glosses

(he) ass.

Lexicon definition

a male ass (from its dun red)

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Hamor

an ass; clay; dirt

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Hamor

Indexed occurrences: 13

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All Scripture references20 references

Genesis 10

Genesis 33:19Genesis 34:2Genesis 34:4Genesis 34:6Genesis 34:8Genesis 34:13Genesis 34:18Genesis 34:20Genesis 34:24Genesis 34:26

Joshua 1

Joshua 24:32

Judges 1

Judges 9:28

1 Kings 1

1 Kings 13:23

2 Kings 1

2 Kings 6:25

Job 4

Job 1:3Job 11:12Job 39:5Job 39:6

John 1

John 4:5

Acts 1

Acts 7:16

Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Hamor

Meaning:
an ass; clay; dirt

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Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Violation Of Dina's Chastity.

Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 21

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HAMOR

Nave’s Topical Bible references for HAMOR.

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Dictionary

Ass

Frequently mentioned throughout Scripture. Of the domesticated species we read of, (1.) The she ass (Heb. athon), so named from its slowness (Gen. 12:16; 45:23; Num. 22:23; 1 Sam. 9:3). (2.) The male ass (Heb. hamor), the common working ass of Western Asia, so called from its red colour. Issachar is compared to a strong ass (Gen. 49:14). It was forbidden to yoke together an ass and an ox in the plough (Deut. 22:10). (3.) The ass's colt (Heb. air), mentioned Judg. 10:4; 12:14. It is rendered "foal" in Gen. 32:15; 49:11. (Comp. Job 11:12; Isa. 30:6.) The ass is an unclean animal, because it does not chew the cud (Lev. 11:26. Comp. 2 Kings 6:25). Asses constituted a considerable portion of wealth in ancient times (Gen. 12:16; 30:43; 1 Chr. 27:30; Job 1:3; 42:12). They were noted for their spirit and their attachment to their master (Isa. 1:3). They are frequently spoken of as having been ridden upon, as by Abraham (Gen. 22:3), Balaam (Num. 22:21), the disobedient prophet (1 Kings 13:23), the family of Abdon the judge, seventy in number (Judg. 12:14), Zipporah (Ex. 4:20), the Shunammite (1 Sam. 25:30), etc. Zechariah (9:9) predicted our Lord's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem, "riding upon an ass, and upon a colt," etc. (Matt. 21:5, R.V.). Of wild asses two species are noticed, (1) that called in Hebrew 'arod, mentioned Job 39:5 and Dan. 5:21, noted for its swiftness; and (2) that called pe're, the wild ass of Asia (Job 39:6-8; 6:5; 11:12; Isa. 32:14; Jer. 2:24; 14:6, etc.). The wild ass was distinguished for its fleetness and its extreme shyness. In allusion to his mode of life, Ishmael is likened to a wild ass (Gen. 16:12. Here the word is simply rendered "wild" in the Authorized Version, but in the Revised Version, "wild-ass among men").

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El-elohe-Isreal

Mighty one; God of Israel, the name which Jacob gave to the alter which he erected on the piece of land where he pitched his tent before Shechem, and which he afterwards purchased from the sons of Hamor (Gen. 33:20).

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Hamor

an ass; clay; dirt

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He-ass

Heb. hamor, (Gen. 12:16), the general designation of the donkey used for carrying burdens (Gen. 42:26) and for ploughing (Isa. 30:24). It is described in Gen. 49:14, 2 Sam. 19:26. (See [263]ASS.)

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Jacob's Well

(John 4:5, 6). This is one of the few sites in Palestine about which there is no dispute. It was dug by Jacob, and hence its name, in the "parcel of ground" which he purchased from the sons of Hamor (Gen. 33:19). It still exists, but although after copious rains it contains a little water, it is now usually quite dry. It is at the entrance to the valley between Ebal and Gerizim, about 2 miles south-east of Shechem. It is about 9 feet in diameter and about 75 feet in depth, though in ancient times it was no doubt much deeper, probably twice as deep. The digging of such a well must have been a very laborious and costly undertaking. "Unfortunately, the well of Jacob has not escaped that misplaced religious veneration which cannot be satisfied with leaving the object of it as it is, but must build over it a shrine to protect and make it sacred. A series of buildings of various styles, and of different ages, have cumbered the ground, choked up the well, and disfigured the natural beauty and simplicity of the spot. At present the rubbish in the well has been cleared out; but there is still a domed structure over it, and you gaze down the shaft cut in the living rock and see at a depth of 70 feet the surface of the water glimmering with a pale blue light in the darkness, while you notice how the limestone blocks that form its curb have been worn smooth, or else furrowed by the ropes of centuries" (Hugh Macmillan). At the entrance of the enclosure round the well is planted in the ground one of the wooden poles that hold the telegraph wires between Jerusalem and Haifa.

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