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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Transliteration

Gacham

Phonetics

gah'-kham

Root Word (Etymology)

from an unused root meaning to burn

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Gaham = “burning”

1) a son of Abraham’s brother Nahor and his concubine Reumah

Frequency Lists

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Genesis 1

NAS (1)

Genesis 1

HCS (1)

Genesis 1

BSB (1)

Genesis 1

ESV (1)

Genesis 1

WEB (1)

Genesis 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

גַּ֫חַם proper name, masculine ( flame ?) Genesis 22:24 a son of Nahor, brother of Abraham, by רְאוּמָה his concubine.

גחן (compare Aramaic גְּחַן, Nasar. (Syriac PS) curve, bend).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

גַּחַם [Gaham], pr.n. of a son of Nahor, Genesis 22:24, perh. called i.q. أَجْاَحمُ having flaming eyes.

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List of Word Forms

גַּ֔חַם גחם ga·ḥam Gacham gaḥam