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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
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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxExo 16:21 - They gathered H3950 it morning H1242 by morning, H1242 every H376 man H376 [fn]as much H6310 as he should eat; H398 but when the sun H8121 grew H2552 hot, H2552 it would melt. H4549

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his servants H5650 said H559 to him, “Let them seek H1245 a young H5291 virgin H1330 for my lord H113 the king, H4428 and let her [fn]attend H5975 H6440 the king H4428 and become H1961 his nurse; H5532 and let her lie H7901 in your bosom, H2436 that my lord H113 the king H4428 may keep H2552 warm.” H2552

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:20 - If H518 his loins H2504 have not [fn]thanked H1288 me,
And if he has not been warmed H2552 with the fleece H1488 of my sheep, H3532

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 - For she abandons H5800 her eggs H1000 to the earth H776
And warms H2552 them in the dust, H6083

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Furthermore, H1571 if H518 two H8147 lie H7901 down H7901 together they [fn]keep H2552 warm, H2552 but how H349 can one H259 be warm H2552 alone?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then it becomes H1961 something for a man H120 to burn, H1197 so he takes H3947 one of them and warms H2552 himself; he also H637 makes H5400 a fire H5400 to bake H644 bread. H3899 He also H637 makes H6466 a god H410 and worships H7812 it; he makes H6213 it a graven H6459 image H6459 and falls H5456 down H5456 before it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - Half H2677 of it he burns H8313 in the fire; H784 over H5921 this half H2677 he eats H398 meat H1320 as he roasts H6740 a roast H6748 and is satisfied. H7646 He also H637 warms H2552 himself and says, 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 have become H1961 like stubble, H7179
Fire H784 burns H8313 them;
They cannot H3808 deliver H5337 themselves H5315 from the power H3027 of the flame; H3852
There H369 will be no H369 coal H1513 to warm H2552 by
Nor a fire H217 to sit H3427 before! H5048

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 - Who inflame H2552 yourselves among the [fn]oaks, H352
Under H8478 every H3605 luxuriant H7488 tree, H6086
Who slaughter H7819 the children H3206 in the [fn]ravines, H5158
Under H8478 the clefts H5585 of the crags? H5553

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7 - All H3605 of them are hot H2552 like an oven, H8574
And they consume H398 their rulers; H8199
All H3605 their kings H4428 have fallen. H5307
None H369 of them calls H7121 on Me.
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