King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2571
Transliteration: chamushim
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-moosh')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: in battle array
Meaning: staunch, able-bodied soldiers
Word Summary
chamushim: in battle array
Original Word: חָמֻשׁTransliteration: chamushim
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-moosh')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: in battle array
Meaning: staunch, able-bodied soldiers
Strong's Concordance
armed men, harnessed Passive participle of the same as chomesh; staunch, i.e. Able-bodied soldiers -- armed (men), harnessed.
see HEBREW chomesh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2571. chamushim
חֲמֻשִׁים adjective plural in battle array, always this form, Exodus 13:18 (E), Joshua 1:14; 4:12 (both D), Judges 7:11 + Numbers 32:17 (JE), see חושׁ.
חמת (√ of following; meaning unknown; Mv and others, very improbably, from Arabic grow rancid, putrid; see on formation, LagBN 154).