H2574 - חֲמָת (Chămâth)

H2574 חֲמָת (Chămâth) kham-awth'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from the same as 2346; walled; Chamath, a place in Syria

KJV Usage: Hamath, Hemath

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֲמָת (cha.mat) — Hamath.

§ Hamath = "fortress" the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes

חֲמָת (cha.mat) — (Zobah)-Hamath. Hamath = "fortress" the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes Combined with tso.va (צוֹבָא "Zobah" H6678)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חֲמָת (H2574 · H2578 · H2579) — חֲמָת צֹובָא, חֲמָת צֹובָה, חֲמָת רַבָּה

name · חֲמָתִי

Names of Locations

Hamath = town, area; ◄ on Orontes river in Syria; ► capital of Aramean kingdom; its inhabitants were relocated to Samaria by the king of Assyria

2SA 8:9 · 2KI 14:28 · 2KI 17:24 · 2KI 17:30 · 2KI 18:34 · 2KI 19:13 · 2KI 23:33 · 2KI 25:21 · 1CH 18:3 · 1CH 18:9 · 2CH 8:4 · ISA 10:9 · ISA 11:11 · ISA 36:19 · ISA 37:13 · JER 39:5 · JER 49:23 · JER 52:9 · JER 52:27 · EZK 47:16 · EZK 47:16 · EZK 47:17 · EZK 48:1 · AMO 6:2 · ZEC 9:2

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Names of Locations

Collocation: חֲמָת צֹובָה

Hamath-Zoba = town, area; possibly regions of Hamath and Zoba together; ◄ in Syria

2CH 8:3

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Names of Locations

Collocation: לְבֹוא חֲמָת

Lebo-Hamath = town; ◄ located to the south of Hamath; ► northern border of Canaan

NUM 13:21 · NUM 34:8 · JOS 13:5 · JDG 3:3 · 1KI 8:65 · 2KI 14:25 · 1CH 13:5 · 2CH 7:8 · EZK 47:20 · EZK 48:1 · AMO 6:14

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֲמָת, חֲמַת n.pr.loc. (√ dub.; fortress). It is called great Hamath by Am 6:2 (חֲמַת רַבָּה) base