Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H2556
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- chamets
- Pronunciation
- khaw-mates'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H2556
- Brief meaning
- To be pungent, i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh)
- Source renderings
- cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling). Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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02556\ 2556 chamets khaw-mates' a primitive root; to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling):--cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.