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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew 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
- 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
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Leviticus
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
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).
is chameleon).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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
