Strong's Lexicon

H2557

H2557 — חָמֵץ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchametznoun mascOccurrences: 13TWOT: 679a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2557
Word:	חָמֵץ
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2556
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	13
Transliteration:	chametz
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-mates'
Meaning:	1. ferment, (figuratively) extortion
KJV Renderings:	leaven, leavened (bread).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2876

חָמֵץ noun masculine^{Exod 13:3} that which is leavened — ֯ ׳ ח Exod 12:15 + 10 t. — forbidden at Passover Exod 12:15 ( P ), Exod 13:3 ; Exod 13:7 ( J E ), Deut 16:3 , in all sacrifices Exod 23:18; Exod 34:25 (both J E ); compare Amos 4:5; Lev 2:11 ; Lev 6:10 ( P ; apposition); exceptions are ׳ לֶחֶם ח of peace-offering Lev 7:13 ( P ), and the wave-loaves (׳ ח appositive) Lev 23:17 ( H ). — see RS^{Sem 208 OTJC 2, 345}.

BDB2879

מַחְמֶ֫צֶת noun feminine anything leavened, only Exod 12:19; Exod 12:20 ( P ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חמץ (g’hahk-mehtz’)

Exodus 12:15

KJV: Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

EHCC: whosoever eateth leavened bread

Exodus 13:3

KJV: And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.bondage: Heb. servants

EHCC: 7. there shall no leavened bread

Exodus 23:18

KJV: Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.sacrifice: or, feast

EHCC: 0f my sacrifice with leavened bread;

Exodus 3:25

EHCC: the blood of my sacrifice with eaves;

Leviticus 2:11

KJV: No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire.

EHCC: shall be made with leaven:

Leviticus 7:18

KJV: And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

EHCC: 01 fer (for) his offering leavened breed

Leviticus 23:17

KJV: Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.

EHCC: they shall be baken with leaves;