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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
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists
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) umh (ההמתה HhMTh) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

gm ) umfh (ההומתה HhWMTh) - Hhomet: An unknown animal. KJV (1): snail - Strongs: H2546 (חֹמֶט)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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).


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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
 
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