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Lexicon :: Strong's H2574 - ḥămāṯ

Aa
חֲמָת
Transliteration
ḥămāṯ
Pronunciation
kham-awth'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as חוֹמָה (H2346)
Strong’s Definitions

חֲמָת Chămâth, kham-awth'; from the same as H2346; walled; Chamath, a place in Syria:—Hamath, Hemath.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H2574 in the following manner: Hamath (34x), Hamath (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H2574 in the following manner: Hamath (34x), Hamath (3x).
proper locative noun

  1. Hamath = "fortress"

    1. the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes

      proper masculine noun

    2. father of the house of Rechab

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲמָת Chămâth, kham-awth'; from the same as H2346; walled; Chamath, a place in Syria:—Hamath, Hemath.
STRONGS H2574: Abbreviations
† חֲמָת, חֲמַת proper name, of a location (√ dubious; Thes MV and others derive from חָמָה, חֲמָת = fortress, or (see RSSemitic i, 140), sacred enclosure, temenos, ḥimā, compare HalJAS 7 ème Sér. x, 392, LagBN 82, 156; but no certainty that name is Shemitic; Arabic bdb033301, Assyrian Amattu, DlPA 275 ff. Prov 174); — modern Ḥamâ, on el-‘Âṣi (Orontes), 38 hours (approximately 115 miles) north of Damascus, see BdPal 398 f. It had a king, תֹּעִי, in David's time 2 Samuel 8:9 = 1 Chronicles 18:9, and in 8th cent. B.C. 2 Kings 19:13 = Isaiah 37:13; gods of its own 2 Kings 17:30; 2 Kings 18:34 = Isaiah 36:19; gave its name to land (limits unknown) רִבְלָה בְּאֶרֶץ ח׳ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Kings 25:21; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:9, Jeremiah 52:27, compare 2 Chronicles 8:4; contained Israeli exiles Isaiah 11:11; furnished colonists for Samaria 2 Kings 17:24 (compare 2 Kings 17:30 above) after being conquered by Sargon, (COT 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 18:34 compare Isaiah 10:9). [H2579 It is called great Hamath by Amos 6:2] (חֲמַת רַבָּה, חֲמַת֯ only here). ח׳ is mentioned with דַּמֶּשֶׂק, צֹר, צִידוֺן in prophecy against land Hadrach (חַדְרָךְ) Zechariah 9:2, compare Jeremiah 49:23. Often in phrase (עַדֿ) לְבאֹ ח׳ = the entrance to Hamath, i.e. the approach to Hamath, as territorial limit Judges 3:3; usually as denoting (ideal) northern limit of Israel territory Joshua 13:5; Numbers 13:21; Numbers 34:8; Amos 6:14; 1 Kings 8:65 2 Chronicles 7:8; 2 Kings 14:25; 1 Chronicles 13:5; חֲמָ֑תָה 1 Chronicles 18:3; צובָה ח׳ H25782 Chronicles 8:3, and הֵשִׁיב לִיחוּדָה אֶתדַּֿמֶּשֶׂק וְאֶתחֿ׳ 2 Kings 14:28; so also Ezekiel 47; Ezekiel 48; גְּבוּל ח׳ Ezekiel 47:17, compare Ezekiel 47:16b + Ezekiel 47:16a (strike out Co); לְבוֺא ח׳ Ezekiel 48:1, compare Ezekiel 47:20; אֶליַֿד ח׳ Ezekiel 48:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

13:21; 34:8

Joshua

13:5

Judges

3:3

2 Samuel

8:9

1 Kings

8:65

2 Kings

14:25; 14:28; 17:24; 17:24; 17:30; 17:30; 18:34; 18:34; 19:13; 23:33; 25:21

1 Chronicles

13:5; 18:3; 18:9

2 Chronicles

7:8; 8:3; 8:4

Isaiah

10:9; 11:11; 36:19; 37:13

Jeremiah

39:5; 49:23; 52:9; 52:27

Ezekiel

47; 47:16; 47:16; 47:17; 47:20; 48; 48:1; 48:1

Amos

6:14

Zechariah

9:2

H2574

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Strong's Number H2574 matches the Hebrew חֲמָת (ḥămāṯ),
which occurs 35 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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So they went H5927 up H5927 and spied H8446 out H8446 the land H776 from the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 as far H5704 as Rehob H7340, [fn]at Lebo-hamath H935.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:8 - ‘You shall draw H8376 a H8376 boundary H8376 from Mount H2022 Hor H2023 to the [fn]Lebo-hamath H935, and the termination H8444 of the border H1366 shall be at Zedad H6657;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - and the land H776 of the Gebalite H1382, and all H3605 of Lebanon H3844, toward the [fn]east H4217 H8121, from Baal-gad H1171 below H8478 Mount H2022 Hermon H2768 as far H5704 as [fn]Lebo-hamath H935.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:3 - These nations are: the five H2568 governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 and all H3605 the Canaanites H3669 and the Sidonians H6722, and the Hivites H2340 who lived H3427 on Mount H2022 Lebanon H3844, from Mount H2022 Baal-hermon H1179 as far H5704 as [fn]Lebo-hamath H935.

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Now when Toi H8583 king H4428 of Hamath H2574 heard H8085 that David H1732 had [fn]defeated H5221 the whole H3605 army H2428 of Hadadezer H1909,

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So Solomon H8010 held H6213 the [fn]feast H2282 at that time H6256, and all H3605 Israel H3478 with him, a great H1419 assembly H6951 from the entrance H935 of Hamath H2574 to the brook H5158 of Egypt H4714, before H6440 the LORD H3068 our God H430, for seven H7651 days H3117 and seven H7651 more days H3117, that is, fourteen H702 H6240 days H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored H7725 the border H1366 of Israel H3478 from the entrance H935 of Hamath H2574 as far H5704 as the Sea H3220 of the Arabah H6160, in accordance with the word H1697 of the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, which H834 He spoke H1696 [fn]through H3027 His servant H5650 Jonah H3124 the son H1121 of Amittai H573, the prophet H5030, who H834 was from Gath-hepher H1662.

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Now as for the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Jeroboam H3379 and all H3605 that he did H6213 and his might H1369, how H834 he fought H3898 and how H834 he recovered H7725 for Israel H3478 Damascus H1834 and Hamath H2574, which had belonged to Judah H3063, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Israel H3478?

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Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 brought H935 people from Babylon H894, Cuthah H3575, [fn]Avva H5755, Hamath H2574, and Sepharvaim H5617, and settled H3427 them in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478. So they took H3423 possession H3423 of Samaria H8111 and lived H3427 in its cities H5892.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:30 - The men H376 of Babylon H894 made H6213 Succoth-benoth H5524, the men H376 of Cuth H3575 made H6213 Nergal H5370, the men H376 of Hamath H2574 made H6213 Ashima H807,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:34 - ‘Where H346 are the gods H430 of Hamath H2574 and Arpad H774? Where H346 are the gods H430 of Sepharvaim H5617, Hena H2012, and [fn]Ivvah H5755? Have they saved H5337 Samaria H8111 from my hand H3027?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13 - ‘Where H335 is the king H4428 of Hamath H2574, the king H4428 of Arpad H774, the king H4428 of the city H5892 of Sepharvaim H5617, and of Hena H2012 and Ivvah H5755?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33 - And Pharaoh H6549 Neco H6549 imprisoned H631 him at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574, so that he would not reign H4427 in Jerusalem H3389; and he imposed H5414 on the land H776 a fine H6066 of [fn]a hundred H3967 talents H3603 of silver H3701 and [fn]a talent H3603 of gold H2091.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - Then the king H4428 of Babylon H894 struck H5221 them down and put H4191 them to H4191 death H4191 at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574. So Judah H3063 went H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 from its land H127.

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So David H1732 assembled H6950 all H3605 Israel H3478 together, from the Shihor H7883 of Egypt H4714 to the entrance H935 of Hamath H2574, to bring H935 the ark H727 of God H430 from Kiriath-jearim H7157.

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David H1732 also defeated H5221 Hadadezer H1909 king H4428 of Zobah H6678 as far as Hamath H2574, as he went H1980 to establish H5324 his [fn]rule H3027 to the river H5104 Euphrates H6578.

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Now when [fn]Tou H8583 king H4428 of Hamath H2574 heard H8085 that David H1732 had [fn]defeated H5221 all H3605 the army H2428 of Hadadezer H1909 king H4428 of Zobah H6678,

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So Solomon H8010 held H6213 the feast H2282 at that time H6256 for seven H7651 days H3117, and all H3605 Israel H3478 with him, a very H3966 great H1419 assembly H6951 that came from the entrance H935 of Hamath H2574 to the brook H5158 of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:4 - He built H1129 Tadmor H8412 in the wilderness H4057 and all H3605 the storage H4543 cities H5892 which H834 he had built H1129 in Hamath H2574.

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“Is not Calno H3641 like Carchemish H3751,

Or H518 Hamath H2574 like Arpad H774,

Or H518 Samaria H8111 like Damascus H1834?

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Then it will happen H1961 on that day H3117 that the Lord H136

Will again H3254 recover H7069 with His hand H3027 the second H8145 time H8145

The remnant H7605 of His people H5971 who H834 will remain H7604,

From Assyria H804, Egypt H4714, Pathros H6624, Cush H3568, Elam H5867, Shinar H8152, Hamath H2574,

And from the [fn]islands H339 of the sea H3220.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:19 - ‘Where H346 are the gods H430 of Hamath H2574 and Arpad H774? Where H346 are the gods H430 of Sepharvaim H5617? And when H3588 have they saved H5337 Samaria H8111 from my hand H3027?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:13 - ‘Where H346 is the king H4428 of Hamath H2574, the king H4428 of Arpad H774, the king H4428 of the city H5892 of Sepharvaim H5617, and of Hena H2012 and Ivvah H5755?’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 them and overtook H5381 Zedekiah H6667 in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405; and they took H3947 him and brought H5927 him up H5927 to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574, and he [fn]passed H1696 sentence H1696 on him.

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Concerning Damascus H1834:

“Hamath H2574 and Arpad H774 are put H954 to H954 shame H954,

For they have heard H8085 bad H7451 news H8052;

They despair H4127.

There is anxiety H1674 at the sea H3220,

It cannot H3201 H3808 be calmed H8252.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:9 - Then they captured H8610 the king H4428 and brought H5927 him up H5927 to the king H4428 of Babylon H894 at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574, and he [fn]passed H1696 sentence H1696 on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:27 - Then the king H4428 of Babylon H894 struck H5221 them and put H4191 them to H4191 death H4191 in Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574. So Judah H3063 was led H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 from its land H127.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:16 - [fn]Hamath H2574, Berothah H1268, Sibraim H5453, which H834 is between H996 the border H1366 of Damascus H1834 and the border H1366 of Hamath H2574; Hazer-hatticon H2694, which H834 is by the border H1366 of Hauran H2362.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17 - “The boundary H1366 shall [fn]extend H1961 from the sea H3220 to Hazar-enan H2703 at the border H1366 of Damascus H1834, and on the north H6828 toward the north H6828 is the border H1366 of Hamath H2574. This is the north H6828 side H6285.

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“And the west H3220 side H6285 shall be the Great H1419 Sea H3220, from the south border H1366 to a point opposite H5227 [fn]Lebo-hamath H935. This H2088 is the west H3220 side H6285.

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“Now these H428 are the names H8034 of the tribes H7626: from the northern H6828 extremity H7097, [fn]beside H413 H3027 the way H1870 of Hethlon H2855 to [fn]Lebo-hamath H935, as far as Hazar-enan H2704 at the border H1366 of Damascus H1834, toward the north H6828 [fn]beside H413 H3027 Hamath H2574, [fn]running H1961 from east H6921 to west H3220, Dan H1835, one H259 portion.

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“For behold H2009, I am going to raise H6965 up H6965 a nation H1471 against H5921 you,

House H1004 of Israel H3478,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068 God H430 of armies H6635,

“And they will torment H3905 you from the entrance H935 of Hamath H2574

To the brook H5158 of the Arabah H6160.”

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And Hamath H2574 also H1571, which borders H1379 on it;

Tyre H6865 and Sidon H6721, [fn]though H3588 [fn]they are H2449 very H3966 wise H2449.

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