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Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #2574 - חֲמָת

Transliteration

Chămâth

Phonetics

kham-awth'

Origin

from the same as (H2346)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Hamath = "fortress"
n pr loc
1. the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes
n pr m
1. father of the house of Rechab

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (37)

Numbers 2

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 6

Amos 2

Zechariah 1

BSB (31)

Numbers 2

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 6

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

CSB (34)

Numbers 2

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 5

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

ESV (24)

Numbers 1

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 5

Amos 2

Zechariah 1

KJV (37)

Numbers 2

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 6

Amos 2

Zechariah 1

LEB (35)

Numbers 2

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 6

Amos 2

Zechariah 1

LSB (30)

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 4

Amos 2

Zechariah 1

N95 (30)

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 4

Amos 2

Zechariah 1

NAS (30)

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 4

Amos 2

Zechariah 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (37)

Numbers 2

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 6

Amos 2

Zechariah 1

ASV (37)

and from hamath 2

and hamath 2

hamath 3

in hamath 1

is not hamath 1

of hamath 24

of hammath 1

the entrance of hamath 1

unto hamath 1

ye to hamath 1

BSB (31)

against hamath 1

as far as hamath 1

from hamath 1

from lebo-hamath 3

hamath 5

in hamath 1

lebo-hamath 2

of hamath 13

to lebo-hamath 2

toward lebo-hamath 1

with hamath 1

CSB (34)

hamath 30

lebo-hamath 3

of hamath 1

ESV (24)

hamath 23

hammath 1

KJV (37)

hamath 34

hemath 3

LEB (35)

at lebo hamath 1

from lebo-hamath 1

hamath 29

in hamath 1

lebo hamath 1

to hamath rabbah 1

to reach hamath 1

LSB (30)

hamath 30

N95 (30)

hamath 30

NAS (30)

hamath 30

NLT (0)

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

WEB (37)

and from hamath 1

and hamath 2

from hamath 1

hamath 3

in hamath 1

of hamath 24

of hammath 1

the entrance of hamath 1

to hamath 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חֲמָת, חֲמַת proper name, of a location (√ dubious; Thes MV and others derive from חָמָה, חֲמָת = fortress, or (see RS^{Semitic i, 140}), sacred enclosure, temenos, µim¹, compare Hal^{James 7 ème Sér. x, 392}, Lag^{BN 82,156}; but no certainty that name is Shemitic; Arabic

, Assyrian Amattu, Dl^{PA 275 ff.} Proverbs 174); — modern „amaâ, on el-±A±ƒi (Orontes), 38 hours (approximately 115 miles) north of Damascus, see Bd^{Pal 398f.} It had a king, תֹּעִי, in David's time 2 Samuel 8:9 = 1 Chronicles 18:9, and in 8th cent. B.C. 2 Kings 19:13 = Isaiah 37:13; gods of its own 2 Kings 17:30; 2 Kings 18:34 = Isaiah 36:19; gave its name to land (limits unknown) ׳רִבְלָה בְּאֶרֶץ ח 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Kings 25:21; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:9,27, compare 2 Chronicles 8:4; contained Israel exiles Isaiah 11:11; furnished colonists for Samaria 2 Kings 17:24 (compare 2 Kings 17:30 above) after being conquered by Sargon, (COT 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 18:34 compare Isaiah 10:9). It is called great Hamath by Amos 6:2 (חֲמַת רַבָּה, חֲמַת֯ only here). ׳ח is mentioned with דַּמֶּשֶׂק, צֹר, צִידוֺן in prophecy against land Hadrach (חַדְרָךְ) Zechariah 9:2, compare Jeremiah 49:23. Often in phrase ׳(עַדֿ) לְבאֹ ח = the entrance to H., i.e. the approach to H., as territorial limit Judges 3:3; usually as denoting (ideal) northern limit of Israel territory Joshua 13:5; Numbers 13:21; Numbers 34:8; Amos 6:14; 1 Kings 8:65 2 Chronicles 7:8; 2 Kings 14:25; 1 Chronicles 13:5; חֲמָ֑תָה 1 Chronicles 18:3; צובָה׳ח 2 Chronicles 8:3, and הֵשִׁיבלִיחוּדָה ׳אֶתדַּֿמֶּשֶׂק וְאֶתחֿ 2 Kings 14:28; so also Ezekiel 47:48: ׳גְּבוּל ח Ezekiel 47:17, compare V:16 b + V:16 a (strike out Co); ׳לְבוֺא ח Ezekiel 48:1, compare Ezekiel 47:20; ׳אֶליַֿד ח Ezekiel 48:1.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֲמָת (“defence,” “citadel,” from the root חָמָה, kindred to חוֹמָה a wall), pr.n. Hamath, a distinguished city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, on the northern frontier of the Holy Land (Numbers 13:21, 34:8 ), formerly the capital of a great king, a friend of David;-it was called by the Greeks Epiphania, by the Arabs by the ancient name حَمَاةُ: called more fully Amos 6:2, חֲמַת רַבָּה “Hamath the great,” and חֲמַת צוֹבָה 2 Chronicles 8:3. The Gentile noun is חֲמָתִי Genesis 10:18. אֶרֶץ חֲמָת 2 Kings 25:21, “the territory of Hamath.” See Abulfeda (who was prince of this yet distinguished city), Tab. Syriæ, page 108, 109; Relandi Palæstina, page 119, seq.; Burckhardt’s Travels, i. page 249, 514, Germ. trans.

[“חַמַּת (“warm baths”), pr.n. of a town in the tribe of Naphtali, Joshua 19:35, near Tiberias. Josephus calls it Ἀμμαοῦς, which he interprets by θαρμά, B. J. 1, 3. The same prob. is

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List of Word Forms

בַּחֲמָֽת׃ בחמת׃ וּמֵ֣חֲמָ֔ת וּמֵֽחֲמָת֙ ומחמת חֲמַ֣ת חֲמָ֑ת חֲמָ֑תָה חֲמָ֔ת חֲמָ֖ת חֲמָ֛ת חֲמָ֜ת חֲמָ֡ת חֲמָ֣ת ׀ חֲמָ֤ת ׀ חֲמָֽת׃ חֲמָת֙ חמת חמת׃ חמתה ba·ḥă·māṯ bachaMat baḥămāṯ chaMat chaMatah ḥă·mā·ṯāh ḥă·maṯ ḥă·māṯ ḥămaṯ ḥămāṯ ḥămāṯāh ū·mê·ḥă·māṯ umechaMat ūmêḥămāṯ