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Lexicon :: Strong's H2553 - ḥammān

Aa
חַמָּן
Transliteration
ḥammān
Pronunciation
kham-mawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 677d

Strong’s Definitions

חַמָּן chammân, kham-mawn'; from H2535; a sun-pillar:—idol, image.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H2553 in the following manner: image (7x), idol (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H2553 in the following manner: image (7x), idol (1x).

  1. incense altar, sun-pillar, idol, image

    1. used in idolatrous worship

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חַמָּן chammân, kham-mawn'; from H2535; a sun-pillar:—idol, image.
STRONGS H2553: Abbreviations
† [חַמָּן] noun masculine sun-pillar, used in idolatrous worship (see Thes489 ff. RSSemitic i, 469, LagM i, 228 Now Archaeology ii, 302; = Palmyrene חמנא VogNo. 123 a; **—N. Semitic Inscr., No. 136; LzbEphem. ii {1906}, 280; Phoenician לבעל חמן often as epithet of solar Baal); — only plural absolute חַמָּנִים Isaiah 27:9 + 4 times; suffix חַמָּנֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:30 + 2 times; || בָּמוֺת Leviticus 26:30 (H), 2 Chron 14:4, compare Ezekiel 6:4, 6; || מזבחות הבעלים 2 Chronicles 34:4; || אשׁרים Isaiah 17:8; Isaiah 27:9; || אשׁרים and פְּסִלִים 2 Chronicles 34:7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:30; 26:30

2 Chronicles

14:4; 34:4; 34:7

Isaiah

17:8; 27:9; 27:9

Ezekiel

6:4; 6:6

H2553

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Strong's Number H2553 matches the Hebrew חַמָּן (ḥammān),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:30 - ‘I then will destroy your high places and cut down your incense H2553 altars H2553 and give your corpses to lie on the corpses of your idols, for My soul shall loathe you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5 - He also [fn]removed the high places and the incense H2553 altars H2553 from all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was quiet before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - And they tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense H2553 altars H2553 that were high above them he cut in pieces; also the Asherim, the graven images, and the molten images he broke in pieces and ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7 - he also tore down the altars and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and cut in pieces all the incense H2553 altars H2553 throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:8 -

He will not have regard for the altars, the work of his hands,

Nor will he look to that which his fingers have made,

Even the [fn]Asherim and [fn]incense H2553 stands H2553.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:9 -

Therefore through this, Jacob’s iniquity will be atoned for;

And this will be the whole fruit of the turning away of his sin:

When he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalk stones,

When [fn]Asherim and incense H2553 altars H2553 will not stand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:4 - “So your altars will become desolate, and your incense H2553 altars H2553 will be broken; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - “In all your places of habitation, cities will become waste, and the high places will be desolate, that your altars may become waste and [fn]desolate, your idols may be broken and cease, your incense H2553 altars H2553 may be cut in pieces, and your works may be blotted out.
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