Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2571: חָמֻשׁ

châmush · pronounced khaw-moosh' · “armed”

Definition

staunch, i.e. able-bodied soldiers

KJV translates it as: armed (men), harnessed.

Word origin: passive participle of the same as H2570 (חֹמֶשׁ);

Extended definition

in battle array, arrayed for battle by fives, armed

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2571 is translated

  • arrayed for battle ×4

Bible verses with H2571 (châmush)

Châmush appears in 4 verses.

  • Exodus 13:18

    But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

  • Joshua 1:14

    Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

  • Joshua 4:12

    And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

  • Judges 7:11

    And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.