Chinnam חִנָּם

Chinnam (Hebrew חִנָּם, Strong's H2600) is a Hebrew adverb meaning “for nothing”. It occurs 32 times in 31 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 29:15
  And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

Exodus

• Exodus 21:2
  If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
• Exodus 21:11
  And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.

Numbers

• Numbers 11:5
  We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 19:5
  For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
• 1 Samuel 25:31
  That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your maidservant.”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 24:24
  And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 2:31
  And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 21:24
  And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

Job

• Job 1:9
  Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
• Job 2:3
  And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
• Job 9:17
  For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
• Job 22:6
  For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

Psalms

• Psalm 35:7
  For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
• Psalm 35:19
  Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
• Psalm 69:4
  They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
• Psalm 109:3
  They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
• Psalm 119:161
  Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:11
  If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
• Proverbs 1:17
  Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
• Proverbs 3:30
  Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
• Proverbs 23:29
  Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
• Proverbs 24:28
  Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
• Proverbs 26:2
  As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 52:3
  For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
• Isaiah 52:5
  Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 22:13
  Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:52
  Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 6:10
  And they shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.
• Ezekiel 14:23
  And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Malachi

• Malachi 1:10
  Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

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).