חוֹמָה
cho.mah
wall
wall
Combined with ra.chav (רָחָב "Broad" H7342)
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Concordance 123 verses
- Nehemiah 4:3 חוֹמַ֥ת
Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
- Nehemiah 4:6 הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ההַחוֹמָ֖ה
So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
- Nehemiah 4:7 לְחֹמ֣וֹת
When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
- Nehemiah 4:10 בַּחוֹמָֽה׃
Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
- Nehemiah 4:13 לַחוֹמָ֖ה
So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
- Nehemiah 4:15 הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה
When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
- Nehemiah 4:17 בַּחוֹמָ֛ה
who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
- Nehemiah 4:19 הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה
Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.
- Nehemiah 5:16 הַחוֹמָ֤ה
Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.
- Nehemiah 6:1 הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
- Nehemiah 6:6 הַחוֹמָ֑ה
that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
- Nehemiah 6:15 הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה
So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
- Nehemiah 7:1 הַחוֹמָ֔ה
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
- Nehemiah 12:27 חוֹמַ֣ת
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
- Nehemiah 12:30 הַחוֹמָֽה׃
After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
- Nehemiah 12:31 לַחוֹמָ֑הלַחוֹמָ֔ה
Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving choirs. One was to proceed along the top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.
- Nehemiah 12:37 לַחוֹמָ֑ה
At the Fountain Gate they climbed the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
- Nehemiah 12:38 לְהַחוֹמָ֗ההַחוֹמָ֥ה
The second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,
- Nehemiah 13:21 הַחוֹמָ֔ה
but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
- Psalms 51:18 חוֹמ֥וֹת
In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
- Psalms 55:10 חוֹמֹתֶ֑יהָ
Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
- Proverbs 18:11 וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
- Proverbs 25:28 חוֹמָ֑ה
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
- Song of Solomon 5:7 הַחֹמֽוֹת׃
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
- Song of Solomon 8:9 חוֹמָ֣ה
If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver to protect her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
- Song of Solomon 8:10 חוֹמָ֔ה
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
- Isaiah 2:15 חוֹמָ֥ה
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
- Isaiah 22:10 הַחוֹמָֽה׃
You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.
- Isaiah 22:11 הַחֹ֣מֹתַ֔יִם
You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
- Isaiah 25:12 חוֹמֹתֶ֗יךָ
The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
- Isaiah 26:1 חוֹמ֥וֹת
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
- Isaiah 30:13 בְּחוֹמָ֣ה
this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
- Isaiah 36:11 הַחוֹמָֽה׃
Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
- Isaiah 36:12 הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה
But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
- Isaiah 49:16 חוֹמֹתַ֥יִךְ
Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.
- Isaiah 56:5 וּבְחֽוֹמֹתַי֙
I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
- Isaiah 60:10 חֹמֹתַ֔יִךְ
Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
- Isaiah 60:18 חוֹמֹתַ֔יִךְ
No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
- Isaiah 62:6 חוֹמֹתַ֣יִךְ
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
- Jeremiah 1:15 חוֹמֹתֶ֙יהָ֙
For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 1:18 וּלְחֹמ֥וֹת
Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
- Jeremiah 15:20 לְחוֹמַ֤ת
Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 21:4 לַֽחוֹמָ֑ה
this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
- Jeremiah 39:4 הַחֹמֹתָ֑יִם
When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 39:8 חֹמ֥וֹת
The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 49:27 בְּחוֹמַ֣ת
“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”
- Jeremiah 50:15 חֽוֹמוֹתֶ֑יהָ
Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
- Jeremiah 51:12 חוֹמֹ֨ת
Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:44 חוֹמַ֥ת
I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
- Jeremiah 51:58 חֹ֠מוֹת
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”