HebrewH2574Noun

חֲמָת

cha.mat

33Occurrences
H2574Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chamath, a place in Syria

from the same as H2346 (חוֹמָה); walled;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Hamath = "fortress" the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

חֲמָת appears 33 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Kings
8
Ezk
4
Isaiah
4
Jeremiah
4
1 Chronicles
3
2 Chronicles
2
Numbers
2
1 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 13:5BSB

So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

2 Kings 14:25BSB

This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.

2 Kings 23:33BSB

And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Ezk 47:20BSB

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Judges 3:3BSB

the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

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