STRONGS NUMBER H2320


Word Summary
chodesh: new moon, a month
Original Word: חֹדֶשׁ
Transliteration: chodesh
Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-desh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: new moon, a month
Meaning: the new moon, a month
Strong's Concordance
monthly, new moon

From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month -- month(-ly), new moon.

see HEBREW chadash

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2320. chodesh

I. חֹ֫דֶשׁ282 noun masculineGenesis 7:11 (feminine ᵑ038:24 but masculine Sam Di) (newness), new moon, month (on formation compare LgBN 144; on usage, names, etc., Muss-ArnJBL 1892, 72 ff., 160 ff.) — ׳ח‎ absolute 7:11 +; construct (rare) 29:14 +; suffix חָדְשׁוֺNumbers 28:14 2t.; חָדְשָׁהּHosea 2:13; Jeremiah 2:24; plural חֳדָשִׁיםGenesis 38:24 +; construct חָדְשֵׁיExodus 12:2 2t.; suffix חֳדָשָׁיוJob 14:5 2t.; חָדְשֵׁיכֶםIsaiah 1:14; Numbers 28:11; חָדְשֵׁכֶם10:10; —

1 new moon = day, time, of new moon, as religious festival 1 Samuel 20:5, 18, 24, 27, 34 (Dr); compare ח ׳יאֹכְלֵםHosea 5:7 a new moon shall devour them, Hi St VB, but on text see We; usually "" שַׁבָּתAmos 8:5; 2 Kings 4:23; Isaiah 1:13 (+ מִקְרָא קְרֹא‎), בְּחָדְשׁוֺ חֹדֶשׁ מִדֵּי66:23, Ezekiel 46:1, 6 (both הַח ׳יוֺם‎), 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 8:13; 31:3; Nehemiah 10:34 (all + מוֺעֵד‎), Hosea 2:13; Ezekiel 45:17 (both + מועד חג,‎); "" מוֺעֵד‎ alone Isaiah 1:14; Ezekiel 3:5; "" חַגֵּנוּ יוֺםPsalm 81:4; (compare הַח ׳ראֹשׁNumbers 10:10; 28:11; on religious observance of new moon compare DiLv p. 578 f BenzArchäol. § 69); as time of augury in Babylon (astrological prognostication) Isaiah 47:13.

2 month (as beginning with new moon, lunar month; compare BenzArchäol. § 30, but then, without reference to day of beginning);

a. as measure of time during which Genesis 38:24 (J), Numbers 11:20-21, (JE), 9:22 (P), Judges 11:37-38, 39; 20:47; 1 Samuel 6:1; 27:7; 2 Samuel 2:11; 5:5; 6:11; 24:8, 13 = 1 Chronicles 21:12; Amos 4:7; 1 Kings 4:7; 5:7; 1 Kings 5:28 (3 t. in verse); 11:16; 2 Kings 15:8; 23:31; 24:8; Ezekiel 39:12, 14; 1 Chronicles 3:4; 13:14; 2 Chronicles 36:2, 9; Esther 2:12 (3 t. in verse). In 1 Samuel 10:27b read probably כְּמֵחֹדֶשׁ‎ for כמחרישׁ ᵑ0‎, and join to 11:1, so ᵐ5‎ We Dr (compare Genesis 38:24); in combinations, ׳ח יָמִיםa month (of) time (compare ימים יֶרַחDeuteronomy 21:1; 2 Kings 15:13) Genesis 29:14 (J), Numbers 11:20, 26 (JE), ח ארבעה ׳ימיםJudges 19:2; of age ׳מִסְמַּרחֿnumber of his months =length of his life Job 14:5; 21:21; compare especially ׳בֶּןחֿLeviticus 27:6; Numbers 3:15, 22, 28, 34, 39, 40, 43; 18:16; 26:22 (all P).

b. calendar months, (1) with names ׳ח הָאָבִיבExodus 13:4; 23:15; 34:18 (twice in verse) (all J E; = 1st month 12:2 P), Deuteronomy 16:11; ׳ח זִו1 Kings 6:1 ( = 2nd mo. ib.; = זִו יֶרַח6:37); compare 8:2 (׳הַח הַשְּׁבִיעִי‎ = הָאֵתָנִים יֶרַךְ‎), 6:38 (׳הַח הַשְּׁמִינִי‎ = בּוּל יֶרַח‎); in the post-exilic books occur Babylonian names (see the several words): — ׳ח נִיסָןNehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7 ( = 1st mo. 3:7); ׳ח סִיוָן8:9 = 3rd mo.; ׳ח כִּסְלֵוZechariah 7:1; Nehemiah 1:1 ( = 9th mo. Zechariah 7:1); ׳ח טֵבֵ֑תEsther 2:16 = 10th mo.; ׳ח שְׁבָטZechariah 1:7 = 11th mo.; ׳ח אֲדָרEsther 3:7, 13; 8:12; 9:1 in all = 12th mo., 9:15, 17, 19, 21; (compare also אֱלוּלNehemiah 6:15, without ׳ח‎ or יֶרַךְ‎; this was 6th mo.; see further SchrCOT 1:1 Benzl.c.). (2) merely numbered (chiefly P and late) e.g. ׳בַּח הַשֵּׁנִיGenesis 7:11, compare 8:4-5, 14; Leviticus 16:29; Numbers 1:1, 18 (all P) + often P; Deuteronomy 1:3 (P), 1 Kings 12:32; 12:33; 1Ki 25:1; 1Ki 25:3; 1Ki 25:8; 1Ki 25:25; 1Ki 25:27; Jeremiah 1:3 11t. Jeremiah; Ezekiel 24:1; 32:1; Haggai 1:1, 15; Zechariah 1:1; 7:1, 13; 1 Chronicles 12:15, compare entire list 27:2-15; 2 Chronicles 3:2 12t. 2 Chronicles; Ezra 3:1 10t. Ezra; Nehemiah 7:72; 8:2, 14; Esther 3:12; note especially ׳הַח לָכֶם הוּא רִאשׁוֺן חָדָשִׁ֑ים ראֹשׁ לָכֶם הַזֶּהExodus 12:2 (P), as implying that the 1st mo. was formerly not in the spring; observe also usage of omitting ׳ח‎, e.g. בָּרִאשׁוֺן‎ = ׳בַּח ׳הָרGenesis 8:13, compare 8:5; so commonly in Ezek.: — Ezekiel 1:1; 8:1; 20:1; 29:1, 17; 30:20; 31:1; 33:21; 45:18, 21, 25 + 26:1; 32:17; 45:20 Co; (׳ח‎ sometimes expressed, see 24:1; 32:1 above; on like usage with יום‎ see יום‎). (3) special phrases and usages are: — שָׁנָה לְחָדְשֵׁי בְּחָדְשׁוֺ חֹדֶשׁ עֹלַתNumbers 28:14 (P; compare יום‎, and Isaiah 66:23 above

1); לְחֹדֶשׁ וּמֵחֹדֶשׁ לְיוֺם מִיּוֺםEsther 3:7 from day to day and from month to month; חָדְשָׁהּJeremiah 2:24 of wild she-ass's mating time.