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Lexicon :: Strong's H2557 - ḥāmēṣ

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חָמֵץ
Transliteration
ḥāmēṣ
Pronunciation
khaw-mates'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 679a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: חמץ.

Strong’s Definitions

חָמֵץ châmêts, khaw-mates'; from H2556; ferment, (figuratively) extortion:—leaven, leavened (bread).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H2557 in the following manner: leaven (5x), leavened bread (4x), leaven (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H2557 in the following manner: leaven (5x), leavened bread (4x), leaven (2x).

  1. the thing leavened, leaven

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמֵץ châmêts, khaw-mates'; from H2556; ferment, (figuratively) extortion:—leaven, leavened (bread).
STRONGS H2557: Abbreviations
† חָמֵץ noun masculineExodus 13:3 that which is leavened — ֯ ח׳ Exodus 12:15 + 10 times — forbidden at Passover Exodus 12:15 (P), Exodus 13:3, 7 (JE), Deuteronomy 16:3, in all sacrifices Exodus 23:18; Exodus 34:25 (both J E); compare Amos 4:5; Leviticus 2:11; Leviticus 6:10 (P; apposition); exceptions are לֶחֶם ח׳ of peace-offering Leviticus 7:13 (P), and the wave-loaves (ח׳ appositive) Leviticus 23:17 (H). — see RSSem 208 OTJC 2, 345.

מַחְמֶ֫צֶת noun feminine anything leavened, only Exodus 12:19, 20 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:15; 12:15; 12:19; 12:20; 13:3; 13:3; 13:7; 23:18; 34:25

Leviticus

2:11; 6:10; 7:13; 23:17

Deuteronomy

16:3

Amos

4:5

H2557

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2557 matches the Hebrew חָמֵץ (ḥāmēṣ),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - Seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, and from the first day ye shall utterly remove leaven from your houses: whoever shall eat leaven, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - Seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses; whosoever shall eat anything leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, both among the occupiers of the land and the original inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:20 - Ye shall eat nothing leavened, but in every habitation of yours ye shall eat unleavened bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:3 - And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you forth thence; and leaven shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:7 - Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; nothing leavened shall be seen with thee, neither shalt thou have leaven in all thy borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18 - For when I shall have cast out the nations from before thee, and shall have widened thy borders, thou shalt not offer the blood of my [fn]sacrifice with leaven, neither must the fat of my feast abide till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - Thou shalt not [fn]offer the blood of my [fn]sacrifices [fn]with leaven, neither shall the sacrifices of the feast of the passover [fn]remain till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 - Ye shall not leaven any sacrifice which ye shall bring to the Lord; for as to any leaven, or any honey, ye shall not bring of it to offer a gift to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:17 - (LXX 6:10) It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as a portion to them of the burnt-offerings of the Lord: it is most holy, as the offering for sin, and as the offering for trespass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:13 - With leavened bread he shall offer his gifts, with the peace-offering of praise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:17 - Ye shall bring from your dwelling loaves, as a heave-offering, two loaves: they shall be of two tenth portions of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven of the first-fruits to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3 - Thou shalt not eat leaven with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread with it, bread of affliction, because ye came forth out of Egypt in haste; that ye may remember the day of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:5 - And they read the law without, and called for public professions: proclaim aloud that the children of Israel have loved these things, saith the Lord.
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