Strong H2330חוּד
to riddle
- Transliteration
- chûd
- Pronunciation
- khood
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; properly to tie a {knot} that {is} (figuratively) to propound a riddle: - put forth.
Detailed definition
(Qal) to propose a riddle, propound a riddle
In the Bible
Strong H2330 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- put4
First verses
- Judges 14:12And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
- Judges 14:13But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
- Judges 14:16And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
- Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;