The meaning of “חֹדֶשׁ”
Understanding chôdesh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
month(-ly), new moon. - the new moon - by implication, a month 1) the new moon, month, monthly 1a) the first day of the ...
חֹדֶשׁ
month(-ly), new moon. - the new moon - by implication, a month 1) the new moon, month, monthly 1a) the first day of the month 1b) the lunar month
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 8:13 | “And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.” Word: חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh) | |
| Joshua 5:10 | “And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.” Word: חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh) | |
| 2 Kings 25:1 | “And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.” Word: חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh) | |
| Esther 8:12 | “Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.” Word: חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh) | |
| Ezekiel 33:21 | “And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.” Word: חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh) |
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