# חִנָּם (chinam)

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

Strong’s H2600. 31 Old Testament occurrences.

gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage

King James renderings: without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chinam-h2600

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 29:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/15) — And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
- [Exodus 21:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/21/2) — If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
- [Exodus 21:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/21/11) — And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
- [Numbers 11:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/5) — We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
- [1 Samuel 19:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/19/5) — For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and di…
- [1 Samuel 25:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/31) — That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath…
- [2 Samuel 24:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/24/24) — And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God…
- [1 Kings 2:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/31) — And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab…
- [1 Chronicles 21:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/21/24) — And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor o…
- [Job 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/1/9) — Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
- [Job 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/2/3) — And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man,…
- [Job 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/9/17) — For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
- [Job 22:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/6) — For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
- [Psalms 35:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/7) — For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
- [Psalms 35:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/19) — Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
- [Psalms 69:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/69/4) — They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are migh…
- [Psalms 109:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/109/3) — They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
- [Psalms 119:161](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/161) — Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
- [Proverbs 1:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/11) — If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
- [Proverbs 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/17) — Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
- [Proverbs 3:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/3/30) — Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
- [Proverbs 23:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/29) — Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
- [Proverbs 24:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/28) — Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
- [Proverbs 26:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/2) — As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
- [Isaiah 52:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/52/3) — For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
- [Isaiah 52:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/52/5) — Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith…
- [Jeremiah 22:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/22/13) — Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and g…
- [Lamentations 3:52](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/52) — Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
- [Ezekiel 6:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/6/10) — And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
- [Ezekiel 14:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/14/23) — And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have d…
- [Malachi 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/1/10) — Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in…