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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 BoxNum 13:21 - [Vulgate 13:22] cumque ascendissent exploraverunt terram a deserto Sin usque Roob intrantibus Emath

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:8 - a quo venies in Emath usque ad terminos Sedada

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - eiusque confinia Libani quoque regio contra orientem a Baalgad sub monte Hermon donec ingrediaris Emath

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:3 - quinque satrapas Philisthinorum omnemque Chananeum et Sidonium atque Eveum qui habitabat in monte Libano de monte Baalhermon usque ad introitum Emath

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:9 - audivit autem Thou rex Emath quod percussisset David omne robur Adadezer

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:65

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65 - fecit ergo Salomon in tempore illo festivitatem celebrem et omnis Israhel cum eo multitudo magna ab introitu Emath usque ad rivum Aegypti coram Domino Deo nostro septem diebus et septem diebus id est quattuordecim diebus

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - ipse restituit terminos Israhel ab introitu Emath usque ad mare Solitudinis iuxta sermonem Domini Dei Israhel quem locutus est per servum suum Ionam filium Amathi prophetam qui erat de Geth quae est in Opher

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - reliqua autem sermonum Hieroboam et universa quae fecit et fortitudo eius qua proeliatus est et quomodo restituit Damascum et Emath Iudae in Israhel nonne haec scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:24 - adduxit autem rex Assyriorum de Babylone et de Chutha et de Haiath et de Emath et de Sepharvaim et conlocavit eos in civitatibus Samariae pro filiis Israhel qui possederunt Samariam et habitaverunt in urbibus eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:30 - viri enim babylonii fecerunt Socchothbenoth viri autem chutheni fecerunt Nergel et viri de Emath fecerunt Asima

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:34 - ubi est deus Emath et Arfad ubi est deus Sepharvaim Ana et Ava numquid liberaverunt Samariam de manu mea

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13 - ubi est rex Emath et rex Arfad et rex civitatis Sepharvaim Ana et Ava

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33 - vinxitque eum Pharao Necho in Rebla quae est in terra Emath ne regnaret in Hierusalem et inposuit multam terrae centum talentis argenti et talento auri

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - percussitque eos rex Babylonis et interfecit in Reblatha in terra Emath et translatus est Iuda de terra sua

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - congregavit ergo David cunctum Israhel a Sior Aegypti usque dum ingrediaris Emath ut adduceret arcam Dei de Cariathiarim

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - eo tempore percussit David etiam Adadezer regem Suba regionis Emath quando perrexit ut dilataret imperium suum usque ad flumen Eufraten

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:9 - quod cum audisset Thou rex Emath percussisse videlicet David omnem exercitum Adadezer regis Suba

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:8 - fecit ergo Salomon sollemnitatem in tempore illo septem diebus et omnis Israhel cum eo ecclesia magna valde ab introitu Emath usque ad torrentem Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:4 - et aedificavit Palmyram in deserto et alias civitates munitissimas aedificavit in Emath

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:9 - numquid non principes mei simul reges sunt numquid non ut Charchamis sic Chalanno et ut Arfad sic Emath numquid non ut Damascus sic Samaria

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - et erit in die illa adiciet Dominus secundo manum suam ad possidendum residuum populi sui quod relinquetur ab Assyriis et ab Aegypto et a Fetros et ab Aethiopia et ab Aelam et a Sennaar et ab Emath et ab insulis maris

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:19 - ubi est deus Emath et Arfad ubi est deus Seffarvaim numquid liberaverunt Samariam de manu mea

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:13 - ubi est rex Emath et rex Arfad et rex urbis Seffarvaim Anahe et Ava

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - persecutus est autem eos exercitus Chaldeorum et conprehenderunt Sedeciam in campo solitudinis hiericuntinae et captum adduxerunt ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis in Reblatha quae est in terra Emath et locutus est ad eum iudicia

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23 - ad Damascum confusa est Emath et Arfad quia auditum pessimum audierunt turbati sunt in mari sollicitudine quiescere non potuit

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:9 - cumque conprehendissent regem adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha quae est in terra Emath et locutus est ad eum iudicia

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:27 - et percussit eos rex Babylonis et interfecit eos in Reblatha in terra Emath et translatus est Iuda de terra sua

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:16 - Emath Berotha Sabarim quae est inter terminum Damasci et confinium Emath domus Atticon quae est iuxta terminos Auran

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17 - et erit terminus a mari usque ad atrium Aenon terminus Damasci et ab aquilone ad aquilonem et terminus Emath plaga autem septentrionalis

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:20 - et plaga maris mare magnum a confinio per directum donec venias Emath haec est plaga maris

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 - et haec nomina tribuum a finibus aquilonis iuxta viam Aethlon pergentibus Emath atrium Aenon terminus Damasci ad aquilonem iuxta Emath et erit ei plaga orientalis mare Dan una

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14 - [Vulgate 6:15] ecce enim suscitabo super vos domus Israhel dicit Dominus Deus exercituum gentem et conterent vos ab introitu Emath usque ad torrentem Deserti

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:2 - Emath quoque in terminis eius et Tyrus et Sidon adsumpserunt quippe sibi sapientiam valde
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