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Lexicon :: Strong's H2524 - ḥām

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חָם
Transliteration
ḥām
Pronunciation
khawm
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as חוֹמָה (H2346)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 674a

Strong’s Definitions

חָם châm, khawm; from the same as H2346; a father-in-law (as in affinity):—father in law.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H2524 in the following manner: father in law (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H2524 in the following manner: father in law (4x).

  1. father-in-law, husband's father

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָם châm, khawm; from the same as H2346; a father-in-law (as in affinity):—father in law.
STRONGS H2524: Abbreviations
† II. [חָם] noun masculine husband's father (Late Hebrew id., of husband's or wife's father, so Aramaic חֲמָא; Arabic bdb032704 husband's male relation (father, brother, paternal uncle), but also wife's father, etc.; Ethiopic bdb032705 Assyrian êmû, ZimBP 48); — only suffix חָמִ֫יךָ Genesis 38:13, 25, of Judah as Tamar's father-in-law; חָמִיהָ 1 Samuel 4:19, 21 of Eli, father-in-law of Phinehas' wife.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:13; 38:25

1 Samuel

4:19; 4:21

H2524

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Strong's Number H2524 matches the Hebrew חָם (ḥām),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - And when Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25 - As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant.” And she said, “Please identify whose these are, the signet and the cord and the staff.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19 - Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed and gave birth, for her pains came upon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:21 - And she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed[fn] from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
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