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Strong's #3643 - כִּמְהָם

Transliteration

Kimhâm

Phonetics

kim-hawm'

Origin

from (H3642)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Chimham = "their longing"
n pr m
1. a follower and probably a son of Barzillai the Gileadite who returned from beyond Jordan with David; apparently David bestowed on him a possession in Bethlehem on which in later times an inn was standing
n pr loc
1. apparently the inn in Bethlehem located on the possession given by David to Chimham the follower or son of Barzillai the Gileadite

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

2 Samuel 3

Jeremiah 1

BSB (3)

2 Samuel 3

CSB (4)

2 Samuel 3

Jeremiah 1

ESV (4)

2 Samuel 3

Jeremiah 1

KJV (4)

2 Samuel 3

Jeremiah 1

LEB (4)

2 Samuel 3

Jeremiah 1

LSB (4)

2 Samuel 3

Jeremiah 1

N95 (4)

2 Samuel 3

Jeremiah 1

NAS (4)

2 Samuel 3

Jeremiah 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (4)

2 Samuel 3

Jeremiah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

כִּמְהָם proper name, masculine 1. attendant of David 2 Samuel 19:38; 2 Samuel 19:39 = כִּמְהָן v. 2 Samuel 19:41; ᵐ5 in all Ξιμααμ, ᵐ5^L Αχιμααμ. 2 in

noun, of locationגֵּרוּת כִמְהָם Jeremiah 41:17 Qr (Kt כמוהם), compare גֵּרוּת above

כִּמְהָן 2 Samuel 19:41, see foregoing.

כַּמָּה see מָה. כְּמוֺ see below כְּ p.455 above

כמוהם Jeremiah 41:17 Kt, see כִּמְהָם.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כִּמְהָם (“languishing,” “longing”), [Chimham], pr.n.m. 2 Samuel 19:38, 39 2 Samuel 19:39; Jeremiah 41:17 (כְּמוֹהָם כתיב); also כִּמְהָן 2 Samuel 19:41.

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List of Word Forms

וְכִמְהָ֖ן וכמהן כִּמְהָ֔ם כִמְהָ֗ם כמהם chimHam kim·hām ḵim·hām kimHam kimhām ḵimhām vechimHan wə·ḵim·hān wəḵimhān