H2772: חֹרֹנִי
Chôrônîy · pronounced kho-ro-nee' · “Horonite”
Definition
a Choronite or inhabitant of Choronaim
KJV translates it as: Horonite.
Word origin: patrial from H2773 (חֹרֹנַיִם);
Extended definition
§ Horonite = "native of Horonaim"
1) an inhabitant of Horonaim in Moab
1a) the designation of Sanballat, the opponent of Nehemiah
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2772 is translated
- horonite ×3
Bible verses with H2772 (Chôrônîy)
Chôrônîy appears in 3 verses.
- Nehemiah 2:10
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
- Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
- Nehemiah 13:28
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.