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Strong's H2574 חֲמָת (chamath)

Chamath means “Hamath” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2574 — kamelos (“camel”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2574
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 35
Books 13

Strong's H2574 Quick Answer

Strong's H2574 חֲמָת (Chamath) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Chamath (kham-awth') n/l. 1. walled 2. Chamath, a place in Syria It has 35 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include hamath, hemath, and same. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Chamath (kham-awth') n/l. 1. walled 2. Chamath, a place in Syria
Usage
35 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
hamath, hemath, and same

Meaning and Definition

Chamath (kham-awth') n/l. 1. walled 2. Chamath, a place in Syria [from the same as H2346] KJV: Hamath, Hemath. Root(s): H2346

Original Word
חֲמָת
Transliteration
Chamath
Derivation
First root strongs: 2346
Morphology
Name/l.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2574. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2574 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Chamath, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Hamath Numbers 13:21 31× Hemath 1 Chronicles 2:55 same 2 Chronicles 7:8

How Strong's H2574 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 35 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2574 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2574 in the Old Testament

35 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Numbers 13:21 KJV

So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

Numbers 34:8 KJV

From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

Joshua 13:5 KJV

And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.

Usage Excerpts

First 35 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2574.

Numbers 13:21 Old Testament, KJV
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
Numbers 34:8 Old Testament, KJV
From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
Joshua 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
Judges 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
2 Samuel 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
1 Kings 8:65 Old Testament, KJV
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
2 Kings 14:25 Old Testament, KJV
He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.
2 Kings 14:28 Old Testament, KJV
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 17:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
2 Kings 17:30 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
2 Kings 18:34 Old Testament, KJV
Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
2 Kings 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
2 Kings 23:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
2 Kings 25:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
1 Chronicles 2:55 Old Testament, KJV
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
1 Chronicles 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
1 Chronicles 18:3 Old Testament, KJV
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
1 Chronicles 18:9 Old Testament, KJV
Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
2 Chronicles 7:8 Old Testament, KJV
Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
2 Chronicles 8:4 Old Testament, KJV
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
Isaiah 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
Isaiah 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Isaiah 36:19 Old Testament, KJV
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Isaiah 37:13 Old Testament, KJV
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
Jeremiah 39:5 Old Testament, KJV
But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
Jeremiah 49:23 Old Testament, KJV
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Jeremiah 52:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
Jeremiah 52:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
Ezekiel 47:16 Old Testament, KJV
Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
Ezekiel 47:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
Ezekiel 47:20 Old Testament, KJV
The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
Ezekiel 48:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
Amos 6:2 Old Testament, KJV
Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
Amos 6:14 Old Testament, KJV
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
Zechariah 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2574, grouped by book.

Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 8 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2574 FAQ

What does chamath (חֲמָת) mean?

Chamath (Strong's H2574) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Hamath". Chamath (kham-awth') n/l. 1. walled 2. Chamath, a place in Syria

How many times is chamath (חֲמָת) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 35 linked usages for Strong's H2574 across 13 books.

Where can I study chamath (חֲמָת) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2574 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chamath (חֲמָת)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hamath, hemath, and same. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.