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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 Box Num 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:21 - So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Tzin to Rechov, to the entrance of Hamat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:8 - from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamat; and the goings out of the border shall be at Tzedad;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - and the land of the Givli, and all Levanon, toward the sunrise, from Ba`al-Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamat;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:3 - namely, the five lords of the Pelishtim, and all the Kana`anim, and the Tzidonim, and the Hivvi who lived on Mount Levanon, from Mount Ba`al-Hermon to the entrance of Hamat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:9 - When To`i king of Hamat heard that David had struck all the host of Hadad`ezer,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:65

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65 - So Shlomo held the feast at that time, and all Yisra'el with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamat to the brook of Mitzrayim, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored the border of Yisra'el from the entrance of Hamat to the sea of the `Aravah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, which he spoke by his servant Yonah the son of Ammittai, the prophet, who was of Gat-Hefer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - Now the rest of the acts of Yarov`am, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Dammesek, and Hamat, which had belonged to Yehudah, for Yisra'el, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra'el?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:24 - The king of Ashshur brought men from Bavel, and from Kutah, and from Avva, and from Hamat and Sefarvayim, and placed them in the cities of Shomron instead of the children of Yisra'el; and they possessed Shomron, and lived in the cities of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:30 - The men of Bavel made Sukkot-Benot, and the men of Kut made Nergal, and the men of Hamat made Ashima,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:34 - Where are the gods of Hamat, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sefarvayim, of Hena, and `Ivvah? have they delivered Shomron out of my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13 - Where is the king of Hamat, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sefarvayim, of Hena, and `Ivvah?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33 - Par`oh-Nekho put him in bonds at Rivlah in the land of Hamat, that he might not reign in Yerushalayim; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - The king of Bavel struck them, and put them to death at Rivlah in the land of Hamat. So Yehudah was carried away captive out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David assembled all Yisra'el together, from the Shichor the brook of Mitzrayim even to the entrance of Hamat, to bring the ark of God from Kiryat-Ye`arim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - David struck Hadad`ezer king of Tzovah to Hamat, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Perat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:9 - When To`u king of Hamat heard that David had struck all the host of Hadad`ezer king of Tzovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:8 - So Shlomo held the feast at that time seven days, and all Yisra'el with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamat to the brook of Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:4 - He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:9 - Isn't Kalno as Karkemish? Isn't Hamat as Arpad? Isn't Shomron as Dammesek?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - It shall happen in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Ashshur, and from Mitzrayim, and from Patros, and from Kush, and from `Elam, and from Shin`ar, and from Hamat, and from the islands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:19 - Where are the gods of Hamat and Arpad? where are the gods of Sefarvayim? and have they delivered Shomron out of my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:13 - Where is the king of Hamat, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sefarvayim, of Hena, and `Ivvah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the army of the Kasdim pursued after them, and overtook Tzidkiyahu in the plains of Yericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nevukhadretztzar king of Bavel to Rivlah in the land of Hamat; and he gave judgment on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23 - Of Dammesek. Hamat is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil news, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it can't be quiet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:9 - Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Bavel to Rivlah in the land of Hamat; and he gave judgment on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:27 - The king of Bavel struck them, and put them to death at Rivlah in the land of Hamat. So Yehudah was carried away captive out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:16 - Hamat, Berotah, Sivrai, which is between the border of Dammesek and the border of Hamat; the middle Hatzer, which is by the border of Havran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17 - The border from the sea, shall be Hatzar-`Enon at the border of Dammesek; and on the north northward is the border of Hamat. This is the north side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:20 - The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as over against the entrance of Hamat. This is the west side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 - Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hetlon to the entrance of Hamat, Hatzar-`Enan at the border of Dammesek, northward beside Hamat, (and they shall have their sides east and west,) Dan, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14 - For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Yisra'el," Says the LORD, the God Tzva'ot,; "And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamat to the brook of the `Aravah."

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:2 - And Hamat, also, which borders on it; Tzor and Tzidon, because they are very wise.
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