Hâm — H1990

Definition

locative proper noun

Ham, a region of Palestine

1. Ham = "hot" or "sunburnt"
2. the place where Chedorlaomer and his allies smote the Zuzim, probably in the territory of the Ammonites, east of the Jordan; site uncertain

Usually translated as

Ham

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Occurrences

Hâm occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1)

• Genesis 14:5 — And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham (בְּהָ֑ם), and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,