חָמַם
châmam · khaw-mam'
to be hot (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be hot (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָמַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- waxed hot1 · 8%
- may get heat1 · 8%
- waxed warm1 · 8%
- me, and if he were not warmed1 · 8%
- and warmeth1 · 8%
- was hot1 · 8%
- then they have heat1 · 8%
- thereof, and warm1 · 8%
- yea, he warmeth1 · 8%
- i am warm1 · 8%
- to warm1 · 8%
- enflaming1 · 8%
- they are all hot1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.