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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2546 - חֹמֶט

Transliteration

chômeṭ

Phonetics

kho'-met

Origin

from an unused root probably meaning, to lie low

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

675a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean animals
1. perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Leviticus 1

BSB (1)

Leviticus 1

CSB (1)

Leviticus 1

ESV (1)

Leviticus 1

KJV (1)

Leviticus 1

LEB (1)

Leviticus 1

LSB (2)

Leviticus 2

N95 (2)

Leviticus 2

NAS (2)

Leviticus 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Leviticus 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2170) u m h (ההמתה HhMTh) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

g^m ) u m f h (ההומתה HhWMTh) - Hhomet: An unknown animal. KJV (1): snail - Strongs: H2546 (חֹמֶט)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חֹ֫מֶט noun [masculine] a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean creeping animals Leviticus 11:30 וְהָאֲנָקָהוְהַכֹּחַ וְהַלְּטָאָ֑ה וְהַחֹמֶט וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת ׃ (Aramaic

is chameleon).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֹמֶט m. Leviticus 11:30, prob. a species of lizard, LXX. σαύρα. Vulg. lacerta.

[“חֻמְטָה (perhaps i.q. Syr. ܚܰܡܛܳܢܳܐ “a defence” or “place of lizards”), pr.n. of a town in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:54.”]

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List of Word Forms

וְהַחֹ֖מֶט והחמט vehaChomet wə·ha·ḥō·meṭ wəhaḥōmeṭ