Chug חוּג
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| חוּג | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chug |
| Strong's number | H2329 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | circle |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (1) |
Chug (Hebrew חוּג, Strong's H2329) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “circle”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) circle, circuit, compass
2) (BDB) vault (of the heavens)
2) (BDB) vault (of the heavens)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | circuit (1), compass (1), circle (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | circle (2), vault (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Chug, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
Proverbs
- Proverbs 8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 40:22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).