Chamor means “Hamor” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2544 — kaitoige (“though”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2544 חֲמוֹר (Chamowr) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Chamowr (kham-ore') n/p. 1. donkey 2. Chamor, a Canaanite It has 12 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include hamor. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Chamowr (kham-ore') n/p. 1. donkey 2. Chamor, a Canaanite [the same as H2543] KJV: Hamor. Root(s): H2543
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Hamor
Usage: A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.33.19; father of: Shechem (H7927H) Also named: Emmor (Ἐμμόρ "Hamor" G1697) § Hamor = "he-ass" the Hivite prince of the city of Shechem when Jacob entered Palestine
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Chamowr, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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12 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2544.
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2544, grouped by book.
Chamor (Strong's H2544) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Hamor". Chamowr (kham-ore') n/p. 1. donkey 2. Chamor, a Canaanite
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's H2544 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2544 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hamor. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.