חִנָּם
chin.nam (H2600)
for nothing
AI Word Study
The word "chinam" (H2600) means "for nothing" in Hebrew. Its semantic domain suggests a connection to body and health, possibly indicating a physical or bodily cost or benefit that is minimal, negligible, or absent. This understanding can be inferred from the word's definition. Its frequent usage in the Bible (32 occurrences) implies a significant aspect of life or a common idea that is repeatedly emphasized across various contexts. However, the exact nature of this emphasis is left to interpretation due to the limited information provided. Without knowing the specific contexts in which "chinam" is used, it's difficult to discern its full significance to a general audience. Nevertheless, given its literal meaning of "for nothing" and its connection to body and health, it may suggest situations where a service or cost has no discernible impact on one's physical or bodily state, either positively or negatively.
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Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?”
“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”
that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
The king said to Araunah, “No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.
King David said to Ornan, “No; but I will most certainly buy it for the full price. For I will not take that which is yours for Yahweh, nor offer a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lay in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
For Yahweh says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”
“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;
They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
They will know that I am Yahweh. I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.” ’
They will comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; then you will know that I have not done all that I have done in it without cause,” says the Lord Yahweh.
“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.