Occurrences
Chôwl occurs 23 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (2), Job (2), Psalms (2), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (3), Hosea (1), Habakkuk (1)
- Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand (וְכַח֕וֹל) which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
- Genesis 32:12 — And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand (כְּח֣וֹל) of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
- Genesis 41:49 — And Joseph gathered corn as the sand (כְּח֥וֹל) of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
- Exodus 2:12 — And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand (בַּחֽוֹל).
- Deuteronomy 33:19 — They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand (חֽוֹל).
- Joshua 11:4 — And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand (כַּח֛וֹל) that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
- Judges 7:12 — And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand (כַּח֛וֹל) by the sea side for multitude.
- 1 Samuel 13:5 — And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand (כַּח֛וֹל) which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
- 2 Samuel 17:11 — Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand (כַּח֥וֹל) that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
- 1 Kings 4:20 — Judah and Israel were many, as the sand (כַּח֥וֹל) which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
- 1 Kings 4:29 — And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand (כַּח֕וֹל) that is on the sea shore.
- Job 6:3 — For now it would be heavier than the sand (מֵח֣וֹל) of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
- Job 29:18 — Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand (וְ֝כַח֗וֹל).
- Psalms 78:27 — He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand (וּֽכְח֥וֹל) of the sea:
- Psalms 139:18 — If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand (מֵח֣וֹל): when I awake, I am still with thee.
- Proverbs 27:3 — A stone is heavy, and the sand (הַח֑וֹל) weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
- Isaiah 10:22 — For though thy people Israel be as the sand (כְּח֣וֹל) of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
- Isaiah 48:19 — Thy seed also had been as the sand (כַחוֹל֙), and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
- Jeremiah 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand (חוֹל֙) for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
- Jeremiah 15:8 — Their widows are increased to me above the sand (מֵח֣וֹל) of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
- Jeremiah 33:22 — As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand (ח֣וֹל) of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
- Hosea 1:10 — Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand (כְּח֣וֹל) of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
- Habakkuk 1:9 — They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand (כַּח֖וֹל).