# חוֹל (chol) Israeli respelling: chol. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H2344. 23 Old Testament occurrences. sand (as round or whirling particles) King James renderings: sand. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chol-h2344 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 22:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/17) — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon t… - [Genesis 32:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/32/12) — And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. - [Genesis 41:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/49) — And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. - [Exodus 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/2/12) — And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. - [Deuteronomy 33:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/33/19) — They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of t… - [Joshua 11:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/11/4) — And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses a… - [Judges 7:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/7/12) — And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their c… - [1 Samuel 13:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/13/5) — And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as t… - [2 Samuel 17:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/11) — Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitu… - [1 Kings 4:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/4/20) — Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. - [1 Kings 4:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/4/29) — And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. - [Job 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/6/3) — For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. - [Job 29:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/29/18) — Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. - [Psalms 78:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/27) — He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: - [Psalms 139:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/139/18) — If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. - [Proverbs 27:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/27/3) — A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both. - [Isaiah 10:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/10/22) — For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with rig… - [Isaiah 48:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/48/19) — Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor dest… - [Jeremiah 5:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/5/22) — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decr… - [Jeremiah 15:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/15/8) — Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noon… - [Jeremiah 33:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/33/22) — As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Le… - [Hosea 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/1/10) — Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass,… - [Habakkuk 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/1/9) — They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.