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Lexicon :: Strong's H2557 - ḥāmēṣ

Aa
חָמֵץ
Transliteration
ḥāmēṣ
Pronunciation
khaw-mates'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 679a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: חמץ.

Strong’s Definitions

חָמֵץ châmêts, khaw-mates'; from H2556; ferment, (figuratively) extortion:—leaven, leavened (bread).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H2557 in the following manner: leaven (5x), leavened bread (4x), leaven (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H2557 in the following manner: leaven (5x), leavened bread (4x), leaven (2x).

  1. the thing leavened, leaven

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמֵץ châmêts, khaw-mates'; from H2556; ferment, (figuratively) extortion:—leaven, leavened (bread).
STRONGS H2557: Abbreviations
† חָמֵץ noun masculineExodus 13:3 that which is leavened — ֯ ח׳ Exodus 12:15 + 10 times — forbidden at Passover Exodus 12:15 (P), Exodus 13:3, 7 (JE), Deuteronomy 16:3, in all sacrifices Exodus 23:18; Exodus 34:25 (both J E); compare Amos 4:5; Leviticus 2:11; Leviticus 6:10 (P; apposition); exceptions are לֶחֶם ח׳ of peace-offering Leviticus 7:13 (P), and the wave-loaves (ח׳ appositive) Leviticus 23:17 (H). — see RSSem 208 OTJC 2, 345.

מַחְמֶ֫צֶת noun feminine anything leavened, only Exodus 12:19, 20 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:15; 12:15; 12:19; 12:20; 13:3; 13:3; 13:7; 23:18; 34:25

Leviticus

2:11; 6:10; 7:13; 23:17

Deuteronomy

16:3

Amos

4:5

H2557

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2557 matches the Hebrew חָמֵץ (ḥāmēṣ),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - ‘Seven H7651 days H3117 you shall eat H398 unleavened H4682 bread, H4682 but on the first H7223 day H3117 you shall [fn]remove H7673 leaven H7603 from your houses; H1004 for whoever H3605 eats H398 anything leavened H2557 from the first H7223 day H3117 until H5704 the seventh H7637 day, H3117 that [fn]person H5315 shall be cut H3772 off H3772 from Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - ‘Seven H7651 days H3117 there shall be no H3808 leaven H7603 found H4672 in your houses; H1004 for whoever H3605 eats H398 what H2556 is leavened, H2556 that [fn]person H5315 shall be cut H3772 off H3772 from the congregation H5712 of Israel, H3478 whether he is an alien H1616 or a native H249 of the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:20 - ‘You shall not eat H398 anything H3605 leavened; H2556 in all H3605 your dwellings H4186 you shall eat H398 unleavened H4682 bread.’” H4682

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:3 - Moses H4872 said H559 to the people, H5971 “Remember H2142 this H2088 day H3117 in which H834 you went H3318 out from Egypt, H4714 from the house H1004 of [fn]slavery; H5650 for by [fn]a powerful H2392 hand H3027 the LORD H3068 brought H3318 you out from this H2088 place. And nothing H3808 leavened H2557 shall be eaten. H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:7 - “Unleavened H4682 bread H4682 shall be eaten H398 throughout the seven H7651 days; H3117 and nothing H3808 leavened H2557 shall be seen H7200 [fn]among you, nor H3808 shall any leaven H7603 be seen H7200 [fn]among you in all H3605 your borders. H1366

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18 - “You shall not offer H2076 the blood H1818 of My sacrifice H2077 with leavened H2557 bread; H2557 nor H3808 is the fat H2459 of My [fn]feast H2282 to remain H3885 overnight H3885 until H5704 morning. H1242

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - “You shall not [fn]offer H7819 the blood H1818 of My sacrifice H2077 with leavened H2557 bread, H2557 nor H3808 is the sacrifice H2077 of the Feast H2282 of the Passover H6453 to [fn]be left H3885 over H3885 until morning. H1242

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 - ‘No H3605 H3808 grain offering, H4503 which H834 you bring H7126 to the LORD, H3068 shall be made H6213 with leaven, H2557 for you shall not offer H6999 [fn]up in smoke H6999 any H3605 leaven H7603 or any H3605 honey H1706 as an offering H801 by fire H801 to the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:17 - ‘It shall not be baked H644 with leaven. H2557 I have given H5414 it as their share H2506 from My offerings H801 by fire; H801 it is most H6944 holy, H6944 like the sin H2403 offering H2403 and the guilt H817 offering. H817

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:13 - ‘With the sacrifice H2077 of his peace H8002 offerings H8002 for thanksgiving, H8426 he shall present H7126 his offering H7133 with cakes H2471 of leavened H2557 bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:17 - ‘You shall bring H935 in from your dwelling H4186 places H4186 two H8147 loaves of bread H3899 for a wave H8573 offering, H8573 made of two-tenths H8147 H6241 of an [fn]ephah; they shall be of a fine H5560 flour, H5560 baked H644 with leaven H2557 as first H1061 fruits H1061 to the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3 - “You shall not eat H398 leavened H2557 bread H2557 with it; seven H7651 days H3117 you shall eat H398 with it unleavened H4682 bread, H4682 the bread H3899 of affliction H6040 (for you came H3318 out of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 in haste), H2649 so H4616 that you may remember H2142 all H3605 the days H3117 of your life H2416 the day H3117 when you came H3318 out of the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:5 - “[fn]Offer H6999 a thank H8426 offering H8426 also from that which H2557 is leavened, H2557
And proclaim H7121 freewill H5071 offerings, H5071 make H8085 them known. H8085
For so H3651 you love H157 to do, you sons H1121 of Israel,” H3478
Declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3068
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