Chămâth — H2574

H2574 · Hebrew — חמת

Pronunciation: kham-awth'

Definition

locative proper noun

Chamath, a place in Syria

  1. Hamath = "fortress"
  2. n pr loc
  3. the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes
  4. n pr m
  5. father of the house of Rechab

Usually translated as

Hamath, Hemath

Origin

from the same as H2346; walled

Occurrences

Chămâth occurs 36 times in 34 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (8), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (2), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (4), Amos (2), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C