Chodesh חֹ֫דֶשׁ

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Chodesh
חֹ֫דֶשׁ
Transliterationchodesh
Strong's numberH2320 (H2320G, H2320H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossmonth
Occurrences285 in 224 verses
Most frequent inNumbers (31)

Chodesh (Hebrew חֹ֫דֶשׁ, Strong's H2320) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “month”. It occurs 285 times in 224 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H2320G: month

: month
1) the new moon, month, monthly
1a) the first day of the month
1b) the lunar month

H2320H: month: new moon

: new_moon
1) the new moon, month, monthly
1a) the first day of the month
1b) the lunar month
Also means: cho.desh (חֹ֫דֶשׁ ": month" H2320)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmonth (217), months (37), moons (11), moon (9), monthly (1), another (1)
BSBmonth (156), months (29), day (18), new moons (9), day of the month (7), new moon (7), one month (3), each month (3), monthly (2), is the new moon (2), his months (2), months later (1), and 11 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Chodesh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Amos

Haggai

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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