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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 leavened֯ 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - septem diebus azyma comedetis in die primo non erit fermentum in domibus vestris quicumque comederit fermentatum peribit anima illa de Israhel a primo die usque ad diem septimum
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - septem diebus fermentum non invenietur in domibus vestris qui comederit fermentatum peribit anima eius de coetu Israhel tam de advenis quam de indigenis terrae
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:20 - omne fermentatum non comedetis in cunctis habitaculis vestris edetis azyma
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:3 - et ait Moses ad populum mementote diei huius in qua egressi estis de Aegypto et de domo servitutis quoniam in manu forti eduxit vos Dominus de loco isto ut non comedatis fermentatum panem
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:7 - azyma comedetis septem diebus non apparebit apud te aliquid fermentatum nec in cunctis finibus tuis
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18 - non immolabis super fermento sanguinem victimae meae nec remanebit adeps sollemnitatis meae usque mane
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - non immolabis super fermento sanguinem hostiae meae neque residebit mane de victima sollemnitatis phase
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 - omnis oblatio quae offertur Domino absque fermento fiet nec quicquam fermenti ac mellis adolebitur in sacrificio Domini
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:17 - ideo autem non fermentabitur quia pars eius in Domini offertur incensum sanctum sanctorum erit sicut pro peccato atque delicto
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:13 - panes quoque fermentatos cum hostia gratiarum quae immolatur pro pacificis
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:17 - ex omnibus habitaculis vestris panes primitiarum duos de duabus decimis similae fermentatae quos coquetis in primitias Domini
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3 - non comedes in eo panem fermentatum septem diebus comedes absque fermento adflictionis panem quoniam in pavore egressus es de Aegypto ut memineris diei egressionis tuae de Aegypto omnibus diebus vitae tuae
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:5 - et sacrificate de fermentato laudem et vocate voluntarias oblationes et adnuntiate sic enim voluistis filii Israhel dicit Dominus Deus
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