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Lexicon :: Strong's H2574 - ḥămāṯ

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חֲמָת
Transliteration
ḥămāṯ
Pronunciation
kham-awth'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as חוֹמָה (H2346)
Strong’s Definitions

חֲמָת Chămâth, kham-awth'; from the same as H2346; walled; Chamath, a place in Syria:—Hamath, Hemath.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H2574 in the following manner: Hamath (34x), Hamath (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H2574 in the following manner: Hamath (34x), Hamath (3x).
proper locative noun

  1. Hamath = "fortress"

    1. the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes

      proper masculine noun

    2. father of the house of Rechab

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲמָת Chămâth, kham-awth'; from the same as H2346; walled; Chamath, a place in Syria:—Hamath, Hemath.
STRONGS H2574: Abbreviations
† חֲמָת, חֲמַת proper name, of a location (√ dubious; Thes MV and others derive from חָמָה, חֲמָת = fortress, or (see RSSemitic i, 140), sacred enclosure, temenos, ḥimā, compare HalJAS 7 ème Sér. x, 392, LagBN 82, 156; but no certainty that name is Shemitic; Arabic bdb033301, Assyrian Amattu, DlPA 275 ff. Prov 174); — modern Ḥamâ, on el-‘Âṣi (Orontes), 38 hours (approximately 115 miles) north of Damascus, see BdPal 398 f. 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, Jeremiah 52:27, compare 2 Chronicles 8:4; contained Israeli 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). [H2579 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 Hamath, i.e. the approach to Hamath, 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׳ H25782 Chronicles 8:3, and הֵשִׁיב לִיחוּדָה אֶתדַּֿמֶּשֶׂק וְאֶתחֿ׳ 2 Kings 14:28; so also Ezekiel 47; Ezekiel 48; גְּבוּל ח׳ Ezekiel 47:17, compare Ezekiel 47:16b + Ezekiel 47:16a (strike out Co); לְבוֺא ח׳ Ezekiel 48:1, compare Ezekiel 47:20; אֶליַֿד ח׳ Ezekiel 48:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

13:21; 34:8

Joshua

13:5

Judges

3:3

2 Samuel

8:9

1 Kings

8:65

2 Kings

14:25; 14:28; 17:24; 17:24; 17:30; 17:30; 18:34; 18:34; 19:13; 23:33; 25:21

1 Chronicles

13:5; 18:3; 18:9

2 Chronicles

7:8; 8:3; 8:4

Isaiah

10:9; 11:11; 36:19; 37:13

Jeremiah

39:5; 49:23; 52:9; 52:27

Ezekiel

47; 47:16; 47:16; 47:17; 47:20; 48; 48:1; 48:1

Amos

6:14

Zechariah

9:2

H2574

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Strong's Number H2574 matches the Hebrew חֲמָת (ḥămāṯ),
which occurs 35 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:21 - So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:8 - ‘from Mount Hor you shall mark out your border to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward Zedad;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - “the land of the Gebalites,[fn] and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:3 - namely, five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:9 - When Toi[fn] king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:65

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65 - At that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven more days—fourteen days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from Gath Hepher.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did—his might, how he made war, and how he recaptured for Israel, from Damascus and Hamath, what had belonged to Judah—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:24 - Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:30 - The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:34 - ‘Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13 - ‘Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33 - Now Pharaoh Necho put him in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor in Egypt to as far as the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath Jearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - And David defeated Hadadezer[fn] king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:9 - Now when Tou[fn] king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:8 - At that time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:4 - He also built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities which he built in Hamath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:9 - Is not Calno like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria like Damascus?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the islands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:19 - ‘Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:13 - ‘Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had captured him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23 - Against Damascus.

“Hamath and Arpad are shamed,
For they have heard bad news.
They are fainthearted;
There is trouble on the sea;
It cannot be quiet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:9 - So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:27 - Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:16 - “Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim (which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), to Hazar Hatticon (which is on the border of Hauran).

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17 - “Thus the boundary shall be from the Sea to Hazar Enan, the border of Damascus; and as for the north, northward, it is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:20 - “The west side shall be the Great Sea, from the southern boundary until one comes to a point opposite Hamath. This is the west side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 - “Now these are the names of the tribes: From the northern border along the road to Hethlon at the entrance of Hamath, to Hazar Enan, the border of Damascus northward, in the direction of Hamath, there shall be one section for Dan from its east to its west side;

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14 - “But, behold, I will raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,”
Says the LORD God of hosts;
“And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath
To the Valley of the Arabah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:2 - Also against Hamath, which borders on it,
And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
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