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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #2546 - חֹמֶט
Transliteration
chômeṭ
Phonetics
kho'-met
Root Word (Etymology)
from an unused root probably meaning, to lie low
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
675a
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
1) a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean animals
1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Leviticus
1
NAS (2)
Leviticus
2
HCS (1)
Leviticus
1
BSB (1)
Leviticus
1
ESV (1)
Leviticus
1
WEB (1)
Leviticus
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
חֹ֫מֶט noun [masculine] a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean creeping animals Leviticus 11:30 וְהָאֲנָקָהוְהַכֹּחַ וְהַלְּטָאָ֑ה וְהַחֹמֶט וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת ׃ (Aramaic is chameleon).
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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
חֹמֶט m. Leviticus 11:30, prob. a species of lizard, LXX. σαύρα. Vulg. lacerta.
[“חֻמְטָה (perhaps i.q. Syr. ܚܰܡܛܳܢܳܐ “a defence” or “place of lizards”), pr.n. of a town in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:54.”]
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List of Word Forms
וְהַחֹ֖מֶט והחמט vehaChomet wə·ha·ḥō·meṭ wəhaḥōmeṭ