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Lexicon :: Strong's H2552 - ḥāmam

Aa
חָמַם
Transliteration
ḥāmam
Pronunciation
khaw-mam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TWOT- 677

Strong’s Definitions

חָמַם châmam, khaw-mam'; a primitive root; to be hot (literally or figuratively):—enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2552 in the following manner: ...warm (7x), ...hot (3x), ...heat 2 enflaming (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H2552 in the following manner: ...warm (7x), ...hot (3x), ...heat 2 enflaming (1x).

  1. to be hot, become warm

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be or grow warm

      2. of passion (fig.)

    2. (Niphal) to become aroused, inflame oneself with

    3. (Piel) to warm

    4. (Hithpael) to warm oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמַם châmam, khaw-mam'; a primitive root; to be hot (literally or figuratively):—enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).
STRONGS H2552: Abbreviations
† [חָמַם] verb be or become warm (Late Hebrew id., Pi., make warm, Aramaic Mfo, חֲמַם be warm; Arabic حَمَّ become hot, of water; also heat, kindle fire in) —
Qal Perfect חַם Psalm 39:4; Exodus 16:21; וְחַם consecutive 1 Kings 1:2; Ecclesiastes 4:11; חַמּוֺתִ֫י Isaiah 44:16; Imperfect יָחֹם Isaiah 44:16; וַיָּ֫חָם 2 Kings 4:34; Isaiah 44:15; also יִחַם 1 Kings 1:1; יֵחַם Deuteronomy 19:6; יֵחָ֑ם Ecclesiastes 4:11; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּחַם Ezekiel 24:11; יֵחַמּוּ Hosea 7:7; וַיֶּחֱמוּ Genesis 30:39; וַיֵּחַמְנָה Genesis 30:38 (last seven forms could be also from יחם which see; but no decisive evidence that this verb is used in Qal; they are placed under חמם by Thes Ew§ 193 a Ol§ 243 b; see also Köi. 365, 417 ff., who on account of יחם Pi. Infinitive Genesis 30:41; Genesis 31:10, derives last two, needlessly, from יחם); Infinitive לַחְמָם Isaiah 47:14, compare Job 30:4 (where, however, ל׳ is from לֶחֶם Mich Di unless (Luzz Che) we read לְחַמֵּם Pi. Infinitive in both); חֹם 1 Samuel 11:9; Haggai 1:6; Nehemiah 7:3; suffix חֻמּוֺ Job 6:17; חֻמָּם Jeremiah 51:39; —
1. literally, be or grow warm Exodus 16:21 (P; subject שֶׁמֶשׁ), compare 1 Samuel 11:9; Nehemiah 7:3 and Job 6:17 (suffix of impersonal subject); from fire Isaiah 44:15, 16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 47:14 (compare above); natural heat 1 Kings 1:1, 2(by personal contact), so 2 Kings 4:34; Ecclesiastes 4:11 (twice in verse), from clothing Haggai 1:6; of Jerusalem under figure of pot or caldron Ezekiel 24:11.
2. figurative, subject לִבִּי Psalm 39:4 (|| בַהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַראֵֿשׁ), compare Deuteronomy 19:6; of conspirators Hosea 7:7; Chaldeans Jeremiah 51:39.
3. of heat in conception (animals) Genesis 30:38, 39 (compare יחם).
Niph. Participle נֵחָמִים באלים Isaiah 57:5 (Köi. 371), inflame oneself with, of idolatry.
Pi. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תְּחַמֵּם Job 39:14 keep eggs warm (of ostrich).
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְחַמָּם warm oneself Job 31:20 מִגֵּז כְּבָשִׂים by means of fleece of sheep.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:38; 30:38; 30:39; 30:39; 30:41; 31:10

Exodus

16:21; 16:21

Deuteronomy

19:6; 19:6

1 Samuel

11:9; 11:9

1 Kings

1:1; 1:1; 1:2; 1:2

2 Kings

4:34; 4:34

Nehemiah

7:3; 7:3

Job

6:17; 6:17; 30:4; 31:20; 39:14

Psalms

39:4; 39:4

Ecclesiastes

4:11; 4:11; 4:11

Isaiah

44:15; 44:15; 44:16; 44:16; 44:16; 47:14; 47:14; 57:5

Jeremiah

51:39; 51:39

Ezekiel

24:11; 24:11

Hosea

7:7; 7:7

Haggai

1:6; 1:6

H2552

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Strong's Number H2552 matches the Hebrew חָמַם (ḥāmam),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - Wherefore H559➔ his servants H5650 said ➔H559 unto him, Let there be sought H1245 for my lord H113 the king H4428 a young H5291 virgin: H1330 and let her stand H5975 before H6440 the king, H4428 and let her H1961 cherish H5532 him, and let her lie H7901 in thy bosom, H2436 that H2552➔ my lord H113 the king H4428 may get heat. ➔ H2552

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - And he went up, H5927 and lay H7901 upon H5921 the child, H3206 and put H7760 his mouth H6310 upon H5921 his mouth, H6310 and his eyes H5869 upon H5921 his eyes, H5869 and his hands H3709 upon H5921 his hands: H3709 and he stretched himself H1457 upon the child; H5921 and H2552➔ the flesh H1320 of the child H3206 waxed warm. ➔ H2552

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:20 - If H518 his loins H2504 have H1288➔ not H3808 blessed me, ➔H1288 and if H1488➔ he were not warmed H2552 with the fleece ➔H1488 of my sheep; H3532

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 - Which H3588 leaveth H5800 her eggs H1000 in the earth, H776 and H5921➔ warmeth them H2552 in ➔H5921 dust, H6083

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:3 - My heart H3820 was hot H2552 within me, H7130 while I was musing H1901 the fire H784 burned: H1197 then spake I H1696 with my tongue, H3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Again, H1571 if H518 two H8147 lie together, H7901 then H2552➔ they have heat: ➔ H2552 but H259➔ how H349 can H3179➔ one ➔H259 be warm ➔H3179 alone?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then shall it be H1961 for a man H120 to burn: H1197 for he will take H3947 thereof, H1992 and warm himself; H2552 yea, H637 he kindleth H5400 it, and baketh H644 bread; H3899 yea, H637 he maketh H6466 a god, H410 and worshippeth H7812 it; he maketh it H6213 a graven image, H6459 and falleth down H5456 thereto.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - He burneth H8313 part thereof H2677 in H1119 the fire; H784 with H5921 part thereof H2677 he eateth H398 flesh; H1320 he roasteth H6740 roast, H6748 and is satisfied: H7646 yea, H637 he warmeth H2552 himself, and saith, H559 Aha, H1889 I am warm, H2552 I have seen H7200 the fire: H217

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 - Behold, H2009 they shall be H1961 as stubble; H7179 the fire H784 shall burn them; H8313 they shall H5337➔ not H3808 deliver ➔H5337 themselves H5315 from the power H3027 of the flame: H3852 there shall not H369 be a coal H1513 to warm at, H2552 nor fire H217 to sit H3427 before it. H5048

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 - Enflaming yourselves H2552 with idols H410 under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree, H6086 slaying H7819 the children H3206 in the valleys H5158 under H8478 the clifts H5585 of the rocks? H5553

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7 - They H3605➔ are H2552➔ all ➔H3605 hot ➔ H2552 as an oven, H8574 and have devoured H398 their judges; H8199 all H3605 their kings H4428 are fallen: H5307 there is none H369 among them that calleth H7121 unto me. H413
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