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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #2540 - חַמּוֹן

Transliteration

Chammôwn

Phonetics

kham-mone'

Origin

from (H2552)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Hammon = "warm springs"
1. a town in Asher, apparently not far from Zidon-rabbah
2. a town in Naphtali allotted to the Levites; also called ´Hammath´ and ´Hammoth-dor´

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

BSB (2)

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

CSB (2)

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

ESV (2)

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

KJV (2)

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

LEB (2)

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

LSB (2)

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

N95 (2)

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (2)

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חַמּוֺן proper name, of a location ( hot spring ?) —

1 town in Asher Joshua 19:28.

2 in Naphtali 1 Chronicles 6:61 (perhaps = 1. חַמַּת, חַמַּת דּאֹר, see Be and D1Joshua 19:35).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חַמּוֹן (“warm” or “sunny,” from the root חָמַם), [Hammon], pr.n.

(1) of a town in the tribe of Asher, Joshua 19:28.

(2) of a town in the tribe of Naphtali, 1 Chronicles 6:6

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List of Word Forms

וְחַמּ֣וֹן וחמון חַמּ֖וֹן חמון chamMon ḥam·mō·wn ḥammōwn vechamMon wə·ḥam·mō·wn wəḥammōwn