# חֲמוֹר (chamor)

Israeli respelling: chamor. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2543. 93 Old Testament occurrences.

a male ass (from its dun red)

King James renderings: (he) ass.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chamor-h2543

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 12:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/12/16) — And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and c…
- [Genesis 22:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/3) — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the woo…
- [Genesis 22:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/5) — And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
- [Genesis 24:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/35) — And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men…
- [Genesis 30:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/43) — And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
- [Genesis 32:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/32/5) — And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
- [Genesis 34:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/34/28) — They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
- [Genesis 36:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/36/24) — And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses o…
- [Genesis 42:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/26) — And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
- [Genesis 42:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/27) — And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.
- [Genesis 43:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/18) — And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks…
- [Genesis 43:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/24) — And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
- [Genesis 44:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/3) — As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
- [Genesis 44:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/13) — Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
- [Genesis 45:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/45/23) — And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and…
- [Genesis 47:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/47/17) — And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the…
- [Genesis 49:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/14) — Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
- [Exodus 4:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/4/20) — And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his…
- [Exodus 9:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/9/3) — Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and…
- [Exodus 13:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/13/13) — And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the fi…
- [Exodus 20:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/20/17) — Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox,…
- [Exodus 21:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/21/33) — And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
- [Exodus 22:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/4) — If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
- [Exodus 22:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/9) — For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challenge…
- [Exodus 22:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/10) — If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man see…
- [Exodus 23:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/4) — If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
- [Exodus 23:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/5) — If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
- [Exodus 23:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/12) — Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid,…
- [Exodus 34:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/34/20) — But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of…
- [Numbers 16:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/15) — And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt…
- [Numbers 31:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/31/28) — And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beev…
- [Numbers 31:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/31/30) — And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks,…
- [Numbers 31:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/31/34) — And threescore and one thousand asses,
- [Numbers 31:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/31/39) — And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and one.
- [Numbers 31:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/31/45) — And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
- [Deuteronomy 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/14) — But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy mans…
- [Deuteronomy 5:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/21) — Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidse…
- [Deuteronomy 22:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/22/3) — In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath l…
- [Deuteronomy 22:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/22/4) — Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up…
- [Deuteronomy 22:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/22/10) — Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
- [Deuteronomy 28:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/31) — Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, an…
- [Joshua 6:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/6/21) — And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sw…
- [Joshua 7:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/7/24) — And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and…
- [Joshua 9:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/9/4) — They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and re…
- [Joshua 15:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/15/18) — And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unt…
- [Judges 1:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/1/14) — And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb sai…
- [Judges 6:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/6/4) — And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neith…
- [Judges 15:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/15/15) — And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
- [Judges 15:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/15/16) — And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
- [Judges 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/3) — And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of…
- [Judges 19:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/10) — But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with h…
- [Judges 19:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/19) — Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man w…
- [Judges 19:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/21) — So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
- [Judges 19:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/28) — And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him un…
- [1 Samuel 8:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/8/16) — And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
- [1 Samuel 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/12/3) — Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom h…
- [1 Samuel 15:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/3) — Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox a…
- [1 Samuel 16:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/16/20) — And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
- [1 Samuel 22:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/22/19) — And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and…
- [1 Samuel 25:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/18) — Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched c…
- [1 Samuel 25:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/20) — And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her;…
- [1 Samuel 25:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/23) — And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
- [1 Samuel 25:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/42) — And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of Da…
- [1 Samuel 27:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/27/9) — And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and t…
- [2 Samuel 16:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/16/1) — And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and…
- [2 Samuel 16:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/16/2) — And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and…
- [2 Samuel 17:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/23) — And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and p…
- [2 Samuel 19:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/19/26) — And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to…
- [1 Kings 2:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/40) — And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
- [1 Kings 13:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/13/13) — And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
- [1 Kings 13:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/13/23) — And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had…
- [1 Kings 13:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/13/24) — And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also…
- [1 Kings 13:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/13/27) — And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
- [1 Kings 13:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/13/28) — And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, no…
- [1 Kings 13:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/13/29) — And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city,…
- [2 Kings 6:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/6/25) — And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and th…
- [2 Kings 7:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/7/7) — Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled f…
- [2 Kings 7:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/7/10) — So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was…
- [1 Chronicles 5:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/5/21) — And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, an…
- [1 Chronicles 12:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/12/40) — Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on…
- [2 Chronicles 28:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/28/15) — And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arr…
- [Ezra 2:67](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/2/67) — Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
- [Nehemiah 7:69](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/7/69) — Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
- [Nehemiah 13:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/13/15) — In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, an…
- [Job 24:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/3) — They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
- [Proverbs 26:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/3) — A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
- [Isaiah 1:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/1/3) — The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
- [Isaiah 21:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/21/7) — And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
- [Isaiah 32:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/32/20) — Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
- [Jeremiah 22:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/22/19) — He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
- [Ezekiel 23:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/23/20) — For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
- [Zechariah 9:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/9/9) — Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; l…
- [Zechariah 14:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/14/15) — And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as…