1) riddle, difficult question, parable, enigmatic saying or question, perplexing saying or question 1a) riddle (dark obscure utterance) 1b) riddle, enigma (to be guessed) 1c) perplexing questions (difficult) 1d) double dealing (with 'havin') Aramaic equivalent: a.chi.dah (אֲחִידָה "riddle" H0280)
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H2420 — חִידָה
chi.dah · riddle · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Numbers 12:8 · בְחִידֹ֔תWith him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?Judges 14:12 · חִידָ֑הAnd 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 14:13 · חִידָתְךָ֖But 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 14:14 · הַחִידָ֖הAnd he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.Judges 14:15 · הַ֣חִידָ֔הAnd it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? [is it] not [so]?Judges 14:16 · הַֽחִידָ֥הAnd 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?Judges 14:17 · הַחִידָ֖הAnd she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.Judges 14:18 · חִידָתִֽי׃And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.Judges 14:19 · הַחִידָ֑הAnd the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.1 Kings 10:1 · בְּחִידֽוֹת׃And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.2 Chronicles 9:1 · בְחִיד֜וֹתAnd when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.Psalm 49:4 · חִידָתִֽי׃I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.Psalm 78:2 · חִ֝יד֗וֹתI will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:Proverbs 1:6 · וְחִידֹתָֽם׃To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.Daniel 8:23 · חִידֽוֹת׃And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.Habakkuk 2:6 · חִיד֣וֹתShall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!