Word Study · Strong's H2571 · Hebrew
חָמֻשׁ
chamush
khaw-moosh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: châmush
“staunch, i.e. able-bodied soldiers”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
staunch, i.e. able-bodied soldiers
Rendered in the KJV as
armed (men), harnessed.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַחֲמֻשִׁ֖ים1
- וַחֲמֻשִׁ֛ים1
- חֲמֻשִׁ֜ים1
- חֲמֻשִׁ֔ים1
How it is rendered · 3
- arrayed for battle2
- and arrayed for battle1
- those arrayed for battle1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqsmpa · 2
- HC/Vqsmpa · 1
- HTd/Vqsmpa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Joshua carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 1:14חֲמֻשִׁ֜יםchamushimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluralYour wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,here: arrayed for battle
- Joshua 4:12חֲמֻשִׁ֔יםchamushimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluralThe Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.here: arrayed for battle