Occurrences
Chômesh occurs 4 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (4)
- 2 Samuel 2:23 — Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth (הַחֹ֗מֶשׁ) rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
- 2 Samuel 3:27 — And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth (הַחֹ֔מֶשׁ) rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
- 2 Samuel 4:6 — And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth (הַחֹ֑מֶשׁ) rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
- 2 Samuel 20:10 — But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth (הַחֹ֜מֶשׁ) rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.