Strong's H1990 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: הָם (Hâm)

Pronunciation: hawm

Morphology: n-pr-loc

Derivation: of uncertain derivation;

Definition: Ham, a region of Palestine

KJV Renderings: Ham.

Senses

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

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.