Strong's numbers
חִידָה H2420
chîydâh
khee-daw'
from חוּד; a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim; dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
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
From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.
17 occurrences
Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.
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2 Chronicles 9:1
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
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Psalms 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
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Daniel 8:23
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
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Habakkuk 2:6
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!