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Lexicon :: Strong's H2564 - ḥēmār

Aa
חֵמָר
Transliteration
ḥēmār
Pronunciation
khay-mawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 683b

Strong’s Definitions

חֵמָר chêmâr, khay-mawr'; from H2560; bitumen (as rising to the surface):—slime(-pit).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H2564 in the following manner: slime (2x), slimepit (with H875) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H2564 in the following manner: slime (2x), slimepit (with H875) (1x).

  1. slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵמָר chêmâr, khay-mawr'; from H2560; bitumen (as rising to the surface):—slime(-pit).
STRONGS H2564: Abbreviations
† חֵמָר noun [masculine] bitumen, asphalt (from I. חמר according to OBlauZMG 1869, 279, bitumen as seething, swelling up; Thes MV, from IV. חמר, with reference to reddish-brown colour) — חֵמָר Genesis 11:3 2 times; used for cement in building Babel Genesis 11:3 (J); abounding in vale of Siddim בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת ח׳ Genesis 14:10; used in coating Moses' 'ark' of bulrushes Exodus 2:3 (E; || זָ֑פֶת).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:3; 11:3; 14:10

Exodus

2:3

H2564

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2564 matches the Hebrew חֵמָר (ḥēmār),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - And they said H559 one H376 to H413 another, H7453 Go to, H3051 let us make H3835 brick, H3843 and burn them H8313 throughly. H8316 And H1961➔ they had ➔H1961 brick H3843 for stone, H68 and slime H2564 had H1961 they for morter. H2563

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10 - And H6010➔ the H7708➔ vale ➔H6010 of Siddim ➔H7708 was full of slimepits; H875 H875 H2564 and H5127➔ the kings H4428 of Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017 fled, ➔H5127 and fell H5307 there; H8033 and they that remained H7604 fled H5127 to the mountain. H2022

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - And when H3808➔ she could H3201 not ➔H3808 longer H5750 hide him, H6845 she took H3947 for him an ark H8392 of bulrushes, H1573 and daubed it H2560 with slime H2564 and with pitch, H2203 and put H7760 the child H3206 therein; and she laid H7760 it in the flags H5488 by H5921 the river's H2975 brink. H8193
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