H2420 · חִידָה
chîydâh · khee-daw' · riddle, hard question
H2420 (chîydâh, pronounced khee-daw') is the Hebrew word חִידָה in Strong’s dictionary: a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim. It appears 17 times in 17 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חִידָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- chîydâh
- Pronunciation
- khee-daw'
- Derivation
- from H2330 (חוּד);
- Definition
- a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
- Rendered in the KJV
- dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
17 occurrences in 17 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “the riddle” ×4
- “a riddle” ×2
- “my riddle” ×2
- “with difficult questions” ×2
- “and derision” ×1
- “and riddles” ×1
- “in intrigue” ×1
- “in riddles” ×1
By book
Numbers 1 · Judges 8 · 1 Kings 1 · 2 Chronicles 1 · Psalms 2 · Proverbs 1 · Ezekiel 1 · Daniel 1 · Habakkuk 1
Verses
- Numbers 12:8
- Judges 14:12
- Judges 14:13
- Judges 14:14
- Judges 14:15
- Judges 14:16
- Judges 14:17
- Judges 14:18
- Judges 14:19
- 1 Kings 10:1
- 2 Chronicles 9:1
- Psalms 49:4
- Psalms 78:2
- Proverbs 1:6
- Ezekiel 17:2
- Daniel 8:23
- Habakkuk 2:6
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H2420.