H2557 חָמֵץ (châmêts) khaw-mates'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

ferment, (figuratively) extortion

Derivation: from H2556 (חָמֵץ);

KJV Usage: leaven, leavened (bread).

TWOT Reference: 679a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) the thing leavened, leaven

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2219

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָמֵץ (cha.mets) — leaven. the thing leavened, leaven

מַחְמֶ֫צֶת (mach.me.tset) — leaven. the thing leavened, leaven

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חָמֵץ (H2557a)

noun c · חמץ

Taste

something leavened, food containing leaven = state in which food has become sour;= ◄ due to the addition of sourdough or leaven during the production process

EXO 12:15 · EXO 13:3 · EXO 13:7 · EXO 23:18 · EXO 34:25 · LEV 2:11 · LEV 6:10 · LEV 7:13 · LEV 23:17 · DEU 16:3 · AMO 4:5

Reinier de Blois

מַחְמֶצֶת (H2557b)

verb · חמץ

Taste

something leavened, food containing leaven = state in which food has become sour ◄ due to the addition of sourdough or leaven during the production process

EXO 12:19 · EXO 12:20

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָמֵץ n.m. that which is leavened base

מַחְמֶ֫צֶת n.f. anything leavened, only Ex 12:19, 20 (P). done

Bible Occurrences (13)

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

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

16:3

4:5

Exodus 12:15

For seven days you must eat... unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses.... Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh... must be cut off...... from Israel.

Exodus 12:19

For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.

Exodus 12:20

{You are} not to eat anything leavened; eat unleavened bread in all your homes.

Exodus 13:3

So Moses told... the people, Remember this day, [the day] you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

Exodus 13:7

Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.

Exodus 23:18

You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.

Exodus 34:25

Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.

Leviticus 2:11

No... grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn... any leaven... or honey as a food offering to the LORD.