H2420 חִידָה
chîydâh — a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
KJV: dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
Derived from חוּד chûwd (to tie a knot)
Occurs 17 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חִידָה n.f. riddle, enigmatic, perplexing saying or question
- 1 riddle = dark, obscure utterance
- 2 riddle, enigma, to be guessed
- 3 perplexing questions by which queen of Sheba put Sol. to the test
- 4 skilled in double-dealing
Where it occurs
- Numbers 12:8 — With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see the LORD’s form. Why then…
- Judges 14:12 — Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast…
- Judges 14:13 — but if you can’t tell me the answer, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.” They…
- Judges 14:14 — He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days…
- Judges 14:15 — On the seventh day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we…
- Judges 14:16 — Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me, and don’t love me. You’ve told a riddle to the children of…
- Judges 14:17 — She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted; and on the seventh day, he told her, because she pressed…
- Judges 14:18 — The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is…
- Judges 14:19 — The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck thirty men of them. He took their…
- 1 Kings 10:1 — When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the LORD’s name, she came to test him with hard…