Strong's H2526 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חָם (Châm)

Pronunciation: khawm

Morphology: n-pr-m n-pr-loc

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr loc

Name Meaning: Ham = "hot"

Derivation: the same as חָם (châm) [H2525]; hot (from the tropical habitat);

Definition: Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country

KJV Renderings: Ham.

Senses

1. 2nd son of Noah, father of Canaan and of various peoples which were inhabitants of southern lands
2. in late usage, a collective name for Egyptians
3. the place where Chedorlaomer smote the Zuzim, probably in the territory of Ammonites (Gilead) east of the Jordan

Cross References

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.