Word Study · Strong's H2768 · Hebrew
חֶרְמוֹן
Chermon
kher-mone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Chermôwn
“Chermon, a mount of Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Chermon, a mount of Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Hermon.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- חֶרְמ֔וֹן2
- חֶרְמ֑וֹן2
- חֶרְמֽוֹן׃2
- וְ֝חֶרְמ֗וֹן1
- וְחֶרְמ֔וֹן1
- חֶרְמ֗וֹן1
- חֶרְמ֤וֹן1
- חֶרְמ֛וֹן1
- חֶרְמ֖וֹן1
- לְחֶרְמ֖וֹן1
How it is rendered · 4
- Hermon9
- and Hermon2
- [is] Hermon1
- to Hermon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)10
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 10
- HC/Npl · 2
- HR/Npl · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua6 of 13 · 46%
- Deuteronomy3 of 13 · 23%
- Psalms2 of 13 · 15%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 13 · 8%
- Song of Solomon1 of 13 · 8%
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Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 3:8חֶרְמֽוֹן׃chermonproper noun (a name)At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—here: Hermon
- Deuteronomy 3:9לְחֶרְמ֖וֹןlechermonpreposition + proper noun (a name)which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—here: to Hermon
- Deuteronomy 4:48חֶרְמֽוֹן׃chermonproper noun (a name)extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),here: [is] Hermon
Joshua6 occurrences
- Joshua 11:3חֶרְמ֔וֹןchermonproper noun (a name)to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.here: Hermon
- Joshua 11:17חֶרְמ֑וֹןchermonproper noun (a name)from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.here: Hermon
- Joshua 12:1חֶרְמ֔וֹןchermonproper noun (a name)Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:here: Hermon
- Joshua 12:5חֶרְמ֤וֹןchermonproper noun (a name)He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.here: Hermon
- Joshua 13:5חֶרְמ֑וֹןchermonproper noun (a name)the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.here: Hermon
- Joshua 13:11חֶרְמ֛וֹןchermonproper noun (a name)also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—here: Hermon
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 89:12וְ֝חֶרְמ֗וֹןvechermonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.here: and Hermon
- Psalms 133:3חֶרְמ֗וֹןchermonproper noun (a name)It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.here: Hermon