חֵמָה
che.mah
“rage”
Definition
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
or (Daniel 11:44) חֵמָא; from H3179 (יָחַם);
- heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation, anger, wrath, poison, bottles 1a) heat 1a1) fever 1a2) venom, poison (fig.) 1b) burning anger, rage Aramaic equivalent: che.ma (*חֱמָא *"rage" H2528)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
חֵמָה appears 106 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
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I trampled the nations in My anger;in My wrath I made them drunkand poured out their blood on the ground.”
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;my spirit drinks in their poison;the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
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