Hamor in the Bible

Meaning: an ass; clay; dirt

Exact Match

He purchased a section of the field where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for 100 qesitahs.

Verse ConceptsProperty, LandSilverTentsReal EstateLarge Denominations

Hamor said to Jacob’s sons, “My son Shechem is strongly attracted to your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who LovedGiving In Marriagehumor

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men there.

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went away.

Verse ConceptsTaking Other People

Thematic Bible



And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had taken up from Egypt, they put in the earth in Shechem, in the property which Jacob had got from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred shekels: and they became the heritage of the children of Joseph.

And Gaal, the son of Ebed, said, Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem, that we are to be his servants? Is it not right for the son of Jerubbaal and Zebul his captain to be servants to the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem? But why are we to be his servants?


Take no part in their secrets, O my soul; keep far away, O my heart, from their meetings; for in their wrath they put men to death, and for their pleasure even oxen were wounded.

And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.


And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.


References

Hastings

Easton

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Morish

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Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain