Occurrences
Chîydâh occurs 17 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Judges (8), 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (1), Ezekiel (1), Daniel (1), Habakkuk (1)
- Numbers 12:8 — With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches (בְחִידֹ֔ת); and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
- Judges 14:12 — And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle (חִידָ֑ה) unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
- Judges 14:13 — But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle (חִידָתְךָ֖), that we may hear it.
- Judges 14:14 — And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle (הַחִידָ֖ה).
- Judges 14:15 — And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle (הַ֣חִידָ֔ה), lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?
- Judges 14:16 — And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle (הַֽחִידָ֥ה) unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
- Judges 14:17 — And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle (הַחִידָ֖ה) to the children of her people.
- Judges 14:18 — And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle (חִידָתִֽי).
- Judges 14:19 — And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle (הַחִידָ֑ה). And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
- 1 Kings 10:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions (בְּחִידֽוֹת).
- 2 Chronicles 9:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions (בְחִיד֜וֹת) at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
- Psalms 49:4 — I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying (חִידָתִֽי) upon the harp.
- Psalms 78:2 — I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings (חִ֝יד֗וֹת) of old:
- Proverbs 1:6 — To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings (וְחִידֹתָֽם).
- Ezekiel 17:2 — Son of man, put forth a riddle (חִידָ֖ה), and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
- Daniel 8:23 — And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences (חִידֽוֹת), shall stand up.
- Habakkuk 2:6 — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb (חִיד֣וֹת) against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!