Lexicon chidah: a riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question Original Word: חִידָהPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: chidah Phonetic Spelling: (khee-daw') Short Definition: riddle NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definitiona riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question NASB Translationdark sayings (2), difficult questions (2), insinuations (1), intrigue (1), riddle (10), riddles (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חִידָה noun feminine riddle, enigmatic, perplexing saying or question; — absolute ׳ח Judges 14:12 6t.; suffix חִידָתִי Judges 14:18; Psalm 49:5; חִידָֽתְךָ Judges 14:13; plural absolute חִידוֺת 1 Kings 10:1 4t.; חִידֹת Numbers 12:8; suffix חִידֹתָם Proverbs 1:6; — 1 riddle = dark, obscure utterance Numbers 12:8 (J E; opposed to מֶּהאֶֿלמֶּֿה and מַרְאֶה); of something put indirectly and needing interpretation; — an allegory ׳חוד ח Ezekiel 17:2 ("" מְשֹׁל מָשָׁל); allegorical and figurative sayings Proverbs 1:6 ("" מְלִיצָה מָשָׁל and בְרֵי חֲכָמִים Di); enigmatic sentences and comparisons, declaring fate of Chaldeans Habakkuk 2:6 (+ מְלִיצָה; "" מָשָׁל), perplexing moral problem Psalm 49:5 (with מָּתַח open, propound; "" מָשָׁל), a lesson taught indirectly Psalm 78:2 (מִנִּי קֶדֶם ׳ח, with הִבִּיעַ; "" מָשָׁל). 2 riddle, enigma, to be guessed, in Judges 14: a. with vb. חוּד Judges 14:12,13,16 propound a riddle. b. with vb. הִגִּיד tell (give answer to) a riddle Judges 14:14,15,17,19. c. with vb. מצא find out a riddle Judges 14:18. 3 perplexing questions by which queen of Sheba put Solomon to the test (נִסָּה) 1 Kings 10:1 2Chronicles 9:1. 4 with הֵבִין skilled in double-dealing Daniel 8:23 (Bev).
Strong's dark saying sentence, speech, hard question, proverb, riddle From chuwd; a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim -- dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle. see HEBREW chuwd |
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