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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 Box Rth 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11 - But Boaz answered her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18 - And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over after being satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:1 - Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:6 - So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had commanded her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:16 - And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did you fare, my daughter?” Then she told her all that the man had done for her,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17 - saying, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said to me, ‘You must not go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6 - for the son treats the father with contempt,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
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