Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2767: חׇרְמָה

Chormâh · pronounced khor-maw' · “Hormah”

Definition

Chormah, a place in Palestine

KJV translates it as: Hormah.

Word origin: from H2763 (חָרַם); devoted;

Extended definition

Hormah = "devotion"
a town of the Canaanites, conquered by Joshua, allotted to Judah, and located in the south of Judah
Another name of tse.phat (צְפַ֑ת "Zephath" H6857)

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

How H2767 is translated

  • hormah ×9

Bible verses with H2767 (Chormâh)

Chormâh appears in 9 verses.

  • Numbers 14:45

    Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

  • Numbers 21:3

    And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.

  • Deuteronomy 1:44

    And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

  • Joshua 12:14

    The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

  • Joshua 15:30

    And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

  • Joshua 19:4

    And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

  • Judges 1:17

    And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

  • 1 Samuel 30:30

    And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor–ashan, and to them which were in Athach,

  • 1 Chronicles 4:30

    And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,