TBESH · H2600
חִנָּם · chin.nam · for nothing
1) freely, for nothing, without cause 1a) gratis, gratuitously, for nothing 1b) for no purpose, in vain 1c) gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly
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chin.nam H2600
חִנָּם (chin.nam) means “for nothing” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חִנָּם Hebrew · H2600 32 tagged occurrences in 31 verses
Pronunciation guide: khin-nawm' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H2580 (חֵן); gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage
KJV glosses: without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.
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How translators render H2600
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| without cause | 12 |
| for nothing | 3 |
| that cost me nothing | 2 |
| without reason | 2 |
| an undeserved | 1 |
| for no reason | 1 |
| freely | 1 |
| futile it is | 1 |
| has needless | 1 |
| over needless | 1 |
| the innocent | 1 |
| useless | 1 |
| vain | 1 |
| without pay | 1 |
| without paying anything | 1 |
| you needlessly | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| without cause | 8 |
| for nought | 4 |
| me without a cause | 3 |
| causeless | 2 |
| against me without a cause | 1 |
| for nothing | 1 |
| for without cause | 1 |
| free | 1 |
| freely | 1 |
| him without cause | 1 |
| in vain | 1 |
| me for nought | 1 |
| of that which doth cost me nothing | 1 |
| surely in vain | 1 |
| the innocent | 1 |
| without a cause | 1 |
| without cost | 1 |
| without wages | 1 |
| yourselves for nought | 1 |
Verses containing H2600
Page 1 of 1. 31 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 29:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
Read word by word - Exodus 21:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
Read word by word - Exodus 21:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.
Read word by word - Numbers 11:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 19:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 25:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant.”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 24:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 2:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 21:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
Read word by word - Job 1:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
Read word by word - Job 2:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
Read word by word - Job 9:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
Read word by word - Job 22:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
Read word by word - Psalms 35:7
· BSB · 2 occurrences
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
Read word by word - Psalms 35:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
Read word by word - Psalms 69:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.5
- Psalms 109:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:161
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
Read word by word - Proverbs 1:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
Read word by word - Proverbs 1:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
Read word by word - Proverbs 3:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
Read word by word - Proverbs 23:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Read word by word - Proverbs 24:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Read word by word - Proverbs 26:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
Read word by word - Isaiah 52:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 52:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 22:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
Read word by word - Lamentations 3:52
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 6:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 14:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Read word by word - Malachi 1:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
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