# חִידָה (chidah)

Israeli respelling: chi-dah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2420. 17 Old Testament occurrences.

a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim

King James renderings: dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chidah-h2420

## Occurrences

- [Numbers 12:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/12/8) — With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore…
- [Judges 14:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/12) — And 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, an…
- [Judges 14:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/13) — But 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 ri…
- [Judges 14:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/14) — And 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 expou…
- [Judges 14:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/15) — And 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…
- [Judges 14:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/16) — And 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…
- [Judges 14:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/17) — And 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…
- [Judges 14:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/18) — 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…
- [Judges 14:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/19) — And 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…
- [1 Kings 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/1) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/9/1) — And 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 com…
- [Psalms 49:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/49/4) — I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
- [Psalms 78:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/2) — I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
- [Proverbs 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/6) — To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
- [Ezekiel 17:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/17/2) — Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
- [Daniel 8:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/8/23) — And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark…
- [Habakkuk 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/6) — Shall 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 no…