BDB2833
II. חָם husband's father, see חמה .
Strong's Lexicon
H2524
H2524 — חָם
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H2524 |
|---|---|
| Word: | חָם |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from the same as H2346 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | cham |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khawm |
| Meaning: | 1. a father-in-law (as in affinity) |
| KJV Renderings: | father in law. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB2847
II. [חָם] noun masculine husband's father (Late Hebrew id., of husband's or wife's father, so Aramaic חֲמָא; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1799] husband's male relation (father, brother, paternal uncle), but also wife's father , etc.; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1800] Assyrian êmû , ZimBP 48); — only suffix חָמִ֫יךָ Gen 38:13; Gen 38:25, of Judah as Tamar's father-in-law; חָמִיהָ 1Sam 4:19; 1Sam 4:21 of Eli, father-in-law of Phinehas' wife.
BDB2864
III. חָם adjective hot; — ׳ לחם ח Josh 9:12 hot bread ( J E ), i.e. freshly baked; בגדים חַמִּים Job 37:17 of garments heated by south wind. — 1. חָם see above. II. חָם see below חמה .
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
חם (g’hahm)
Concordance entry
- EHCC: Gen3$:13.thy father in law goeth סמור ז:װ?יו[ם'ג!ן.%.וֹן to her futher nbs, 158. 4:19. that her futher in law and her husband 21. because of her father in law