חִנָּם

chin.nam · for nothing

Hebrew · Strong's H2600 · Adverb · Sounds like: khin-nawm' · 32 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from חֵן; gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage; without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חִנָּם subst., used chiefly in the accus. as adv.—lit. out of favour; i.e.
a. gratis, gratuitously, for nothing
b. for no purpose, in vain
c. gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 29:15 חִנָּ֑ם chi.Nam · Describes an action

    And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

Greek and Hebrew data: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0. All sources and licences