STRONGS NUMBER H2345


Word Summary
chum: darkened, dark brown or black
Original Word: חוּם
Transliteration: chum
Phonetic Spelling: (khoom)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: darkened, dark brown or black
Meaning: darkened, dark brown or black
Strong's Concordance
brown

From an unused root meaning to be warm, i.e. (by implication) sunburnt or swarthy (blackish) -- brown.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2345. chum

חוּםadjective darkened, dark brown or black, only of colour of sheep (in Genesis 30, J); — בכשׂבים וכלשֶֿׂהחֿוּםGenesis 30:32, בכ ׳וְחוּם30:33, 35, בְּצאֹן וכלחֿוּם30:40 (clause probably interpolated Ol Hup De We Di).

חוֺמָה‎ see below חמה‎.