Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2570
חֹמֶשׁ
chomeshkho'-mesh
belly
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chômesh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2570is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2570
the abdomen (as obese)
The King James renders it: fifth (rib).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chomesh is rendered "belly". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Four of the uses stand in 2 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 2:23But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
2 Samuel 2:23הַחֹ֗מֶשׁ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's four uses are in 2 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the belly4
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֹמֶר | chomer | clay | Uses31 |
| חֹמֶץ | chomets | vinegar | Uses6 |
| חֹמֶט | chomet | lizard | Uses1 |
| חֹמֶשׁ | chomesh | fifth | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַחֹ֗מֶשׁ1
- הַחֹ֔מֶשׁ1
- הַחֹ֑מֶשׁ1
- הַחֹ֜מֶשׁ1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4HTd/Ncmsa
2 Samuel
four uses
But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
- הַחֹ֗מֶשׁhachomeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the belly
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- הַחֹ֔מֶשׁhachomeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the belly
They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
- הַחֹ֑מֶשׁhachomeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the belly
Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
- הַחֹ֜מֶשׁhachomeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the belly
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.