King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2600
Transliteration: chinnam
Phonetic Spelling: (khin-nawm')
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: out of favor
Meaning: gratis, devoid of cost, reason, advantage
Word Summary
chinnam: out of favor
Original Word: חִנָּםTransliteration: chinnam
Phonetic Spelling: (khin-nawm')
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: out of favor
Meaning: gratis, devoid of cost, reason, advantage
Strong's Concordance
without a cost, free, causeless, to cost nothing, freely, innocent, in vainFrom chen; gratis, i.e. Devoid of cost, reason or advantage -- without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.
see HEBREW chen
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2600. chinnam
חִנָּם substantive, used chiefly in the accusative as
adverb (compare Assyrian annáma, in vain, DlK 7, Pr 44; from הֵּן, with aff. םָ֯, which is sometimes found in substantives proper, as סֻלָּם, and proper names, but is more particularly used with substantives applied adverbially, as רֵיקָם דּוּמָם, אָמְנָם, יוֺמָם: Sta§ 203 BaNB § 216) — literally out of favour; i.e.
a. gratis, gratuitously, for nothing, חִנָּם עָבַד to serve for nought Genesis 29:15; Job 1:9; Isaiah 52:3 to be sold (figurative) for nought 52:5; Exodus 21:2, 11 חִנָּם יָצָא to go out(from slavery) freely, for nothing, Numbers 11:5 which we used to eat in Egyptian for nought, Jeremiah 22:13; 1 Chronicles 21:24; in the Genitive 2 Samuel 24:24 חִנָּם עֹלוֺת i.e. burnt-offerings which cost nothing (in the "" 1 Chronicles 21:24 the construction is changed).
b. for no purpose, in vain Proverbs 1:17; Malachi 1:10: once חִנָּם אֶל (compare אֶל 7) Ezekiel 6:10.
c. gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly, especially of groundless hostility or attack, 1 Samuel 19:5 חִנָּם לְהָמִית to slay David without cause, 25:31; Psalm 35:7 (twice in verse); 109:3; 119:161 חִנָּם רְדָפוּנִי, Proverbs 1:11; 3:30; 23:29; Job 2:3 ח ׳לְבַלְּעוֺ 9:17; 22:6; Ezekiel 14:23; Psalm 35:19; and 69:5 חִנָּם שׂנְאַי my haters without cause, Lamentations 3:52 חִנָּם אֹיְבַי; in the Genitive 1 Kings 2:31 חִנָּם דְּמֵי blood shed without cause (compare 1 Samuel 25:31), Proverbs 24:28 בְּרֵעֶ֑ךָ ח עֵד ׳אֲלתְּֿהִי, 26:2 ח ׳קִלְלַת the causeless curse.