Strong's H2574 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חֲמָת (Chămâth)

Pronunciation: kham-awth'

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

Part of Speech: n pr loc, n pr m

Name Meaning: Hamath = "fortress"

Derivation: from the same as חוֹמָה (chôwmâh) [H2346]; walled;

Definition: Chamath, a place in Syria

KJV Renderings: Hamath, Hemath.

Senses

1. the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes
2. father of the house of Rechab

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.