Choroni חֹרֹנִי
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| חֹרֹנִי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | choroni |
| Strong's number | H2772 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Horonite |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
Choroni (Hebrew חֹרֹנִי, Strong's H2772) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Horonite”. It occurs 3 times.
Definition
Someone descended from Horon(?), first mentioned at Neh.2.10
§ Horonite = "native of Horonaim"
1) an inhabitant of Horonaim in Moab
1a) the designation of Sanballat, the opponent of Nehemiah
§ Horonite = "native of Horonaim"
1) an inhabitant of Horonaim in Moab
1a) the designation of Sanballat, the opponent of Nehemiah
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | horonite (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | horonite (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Choroni, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 2:10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
- Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
- Nehemiah 13:28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.
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).