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.

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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. Proverbs 1:11 חִנָּֽם׃ chi.Nam · Describes an action

    If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

  2. Proverbs 1:17 חִ֭נָּם Chi.nom · Describes an action

    For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

  3. Proverbs 3:30 חִנָּ֑ם chi.Nam · Describes an action

    Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.

  4. Proverbs 23:29 חִנָּ֑ם chi.Nam · Describes an action

    Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

  5. Proverbs 24:28 חִנָּ֣ם chi.Nam · Describes an action

    Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

  6. Proverbs 26:2 חִ֝נָּ֗ם chi.Nam · Describes an action

    As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

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