Strong's Concordance chidah: a riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question Original Word: חִידָהPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: chidah Phonetic Spelling: (khee-daw') Short Definition: riddle Brown-Driver-Briggs חִידָה noun feminine riddle, enigmatic, perplexing saying or question; — absolute ׳ח Judges 14:12 6t.; suffix חִידָתִי Judges 14:18; Psalm 49:5; חִידָֽתְךָ Judges 14:13; plural absolute חִידוֺת 1 Kings 10:1 4t.; חִידֹת Numbers 12:8; suffix חִידֹתָם Proverbs 1:6; — 1 riddle = dark, obscure utterance Numbers 12:8 (J E; opposed to מֶּהאֶֿלמֶּֿה and מַרְאֶה); of something put indirectly and needing interpretation; — an allegory ׳חוד ח Ezekiel 17:2 ("" מְשֹׁל מָשָׁל); allegorical and figurative sayings Proverbs 1:6 ("" מְלִיצָה מָשָׁל and בְרֵי חֲכָמִים Di); enigmatic sentences and comparisons, declaring fate of Chaldeans Habakkuk 2:6 (+ מְלִיצָה; "" מָשָׁל), perplexing moral problem Psalm 49:5 (with מָּתַח open, propound; "" מָשָׁל), a lesson taught indirectly Psalm 78:2 (מִנִּי קֶדֶם ׳ח, with הִבִּיעַ; "" מָשָׁל). 2 riddle, enigma, to be guessed, in Judges 14: a. with vb. חוּד Judges 14:12,13,16 propound a riddle. b. with vb. הִגִּיד tell (give answer to) a riddle Judges 14:14,15,17,19. c. with vb. מצא find out a riddle Judges 14:18. 3 perplexing questions by which queen of Sheba put Solomon to the test (נִסָּה) 1 Kings 10:1 2Chronicles 9:1. 4 with הֵבִין skilled in double-dealing Daniel 8:23 (Bev). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance dark saying sentence, speech, hard question, proverb, riddle From chuwd; a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim -- dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle. see HEBREW chuwd Forms and Transliterations בְּחִידֽוֹת׃ בְחִיד֜וֹת בְחִידֹ֔ת בחידות בחידות׃ בחידת הַ֣חִידָ֔ה הַֽחִידָ֥ה הַחִידָ֑ה הַחִידָ֖ה החידה וְחִידֹתָֽם׃ וחידתם׃ חִ֝יד֗וֹת חִיד֣וֹת חִידָ֑ה חִידָ֖ה חִידָתְךָ֖ חִידָתִֽי׃ חִידֽוֹת׃ חידה חידות חידות׃ חידתי׃ חידתך bə·ḥî·ḏō·wṯ ḇə·ḥî·ḏō·wṯ ḇə·ḥî·ḏōṯ bechiDot ḇəḥîḏōṯ bəḥîḏōwṯ ḇəḥîḏōwṯ chiDah chidateCha chidaTi chiDot ha·ḥî·ḏāh hachiDah haḥîḏāh ḥî·ḏā·ṯə·ḵā ḥî·ḏā·ṯî ḥî·ḏāh ḥî·ḏō·wṯ ḥîḏāh ḥîḏāṯəḵā ḥîḏāṯî ḥîḏōwṯ vechiDot vechidoTam wə·ḥî·ḏō·ṯām wəḥîḏōṯāmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 242017 Occurrences bə·ḥî·ḏō·wṯ — 1 Occ. ḥî·ḏāh — 2 Occ. ḥî·ḏā·ṯə·ḵā — 1 Occ. ḥî·ḏā·ṯî — 2 Occ. ḥî·ḏō·wṯ — 3 Occ. ha·ḥî·ḏāh — 5 Occ. ḇə·ḥî·ḏōṯ — 2 Occ. wə·ḥî·ḏō·ṯām — 1 Occ. Numbers 12:8 HEB: וּמַרְאֶה֙ וְלֹ֣א בְחִידֹ֔ת וּתְמֻנַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה NAS: Even openly, and not in dark sayings, And he beholds KJV: even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude INT: openly not dark the form of the LORD 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 Psalm 49:4 Psalm 78:2 Proverbs 1:6 Ezekiel 17:2 Daniel 8:23 Habakkuk 2:6 |