חֲמָתChămâth

Chamath, a place in Syria

Pronunciation: kham-awth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2574

Meanings

proper name [of a location]: modern „amaâ, on el-±A±ƒi (Orontes), 38 hours (approximately 115 miles) north of Damascus (2 Samuel 8:9; 1 Chronicles 18:9; 2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 37:13; 2 Kings 17:30)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 35 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 13:21 So they went up and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.
  • Numbers 34:8 then to Lebo-hamath, and on through Zedad
  • Joshua 13:5 the land of the Gebalites and all of the Lebanon mountain area to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath;
  • Judges 3:3 These are the nations: the Philistines (those living under the five Philistine rulers), all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
  • 2 Samuel 8:9 When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had destroyed the entire army of Hadadezer,
  • 1 Kings 8:65 Then Solomon and all Israel celebrated the Festival of Shelters in the presence of the Lord our God. A large congregation had gathered from as far away as Lebo-hamath in the north and the Brook of Egypt in the south. The celebration went on for fourteen days in all—seven days for the dedication of the altar and seven days for the Festival of Shelters.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).