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Lexicon :: Strong's H2545 - ḥāmôṯ

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חָמוֹת
Transliteration
ḥāmôṯ
Pronunciation
kham-oth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 674b

Strong’s Definitions

חֲמוֹת chămôwth, kham-oth'; or (shortened) חֲמֹת chămôth; feminine of H2524; a mother-in-law:—mother in law.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H2545 in the following manner: mother in law (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H2545 in the following manner: mother in law (11x).

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲמוֹת chămôwth, kham-oth'; or (shortened) חֲמֹת chămôth; feminine of H2524; a mother-in-law:—mother in law.
STRONGS H2545: Abbreviations
† [חָמוֺת] noun feminine husband's mother (Late Hebrew חָמוֺת, Aramaic חֲמָתָא; Arabic bdb032706 husband's mother; Assyrian êmêtu, ZimBP 48; Ethiopic bdb032707) — only suffix חֲמוֺתֵךְ Ruth 2:11; Ruth 3:17; חֲמוֺתָהּ Ruth 1:14 + 7 times; חֲמֹתָהּ Micah 7:6; — of Naomi Ruth 1:14; Ruth 2:11, 18, 19 (twice in verse); Ruth 2:23; Ruth 3:1, 6, 16, 17; בַּת קָמָ֫ה בְאִמָּ֔הּ כַּלָּה בַּחֲמֹתָהּ Micah 7:6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ruth

1:14; 1:14; 2:11; 2:11; 2:18; 2:19; 2:23; 3:1; 3:6; 3:16; 3:17; 3:17

Micah

7:6; 7:6

H2545

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2545 matches the Hebrew חָמוֹת (ḥāmôṯ),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpha kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11 - And Booz answered and said to her, It has fully been told me how thou hast dealt with thy mother-in-law after the death of thy husband; and how thou didst leave thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and camest to a people whom thou knewest not before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18 - And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, and Ruth brought forth and gave to her the food which she had left from what she had been satisfied with.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - And her mother-in-law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day, and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that took notice of thee. And Ruth told her mother-in-law where she had wrought, and said, The name of the man with whom I wrought to-day is Booz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Booz to glean until they had finished the barley-harvest and the wheat-harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:1 - And she lodged with her mother-in-law: and Noemin her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:6 - And she went down to the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law enjoined her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:16 - And Ruth went in to her mother-in-law, and she said to her, My daughter! and Ruth told her all that the man had done to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17 - And she said to her, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6 - For the son dishonours his father, the daughter will rise up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: those in his house shall be all a man's enemies.
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