2527. chom

Lexicon

chom: Heat, Warmth

Original Word: חֹם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chom
Pronunciation: khome
Phonetic Spelling: (khome)
Definition: Heat, Warmth
Meaning: heat

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

heat, to be hot warm

From chamam; heat -- heat, to be hot (warm).

see HEBREW chamam

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from chamam
Definition
heat
NASB Translation
heat (8), hot (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֹם noun masculine^{Jeremiah 17:8} heat; — חֹם absolute Genesis 8:22 3t. + 1 Samuel 21:7 (see below); construct Genesis 18:1+ 3t.; of heat of (mid-) day חֹם היום Genesis 18:1 (J), 1 Samuel 11:11; 2 Samuel 4:5; in promise of regular seasons Genesis 8:22 (opposed to קֹר); compare Isaiah 18:4 (twice in verse) (קָצִיר ׳ח); but as dangerous to plant-life Jeremiah 17:8; it melts snow Job 24:19; לֶחֶם חֹם 1 Samuel 21:7 bread of heat = hot bread, read perhaps חָם ׳ל (as Joshua 9:12).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root חָמַם (chamam), which means "to be warm" or "to be hot."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G2250 (ἡμέρα, hēmera): While primarily meaning "day," this term can be associated with the concept of heat as it relates to the daylight period.
• G2738 (θερμότης, thermotēs): This Greek term directly translates to "heat" or "warmth," corresponding closely to the Hebrew חֹם (chom) in its literal sense.

Usage: The word חֹם (chom) is used in various contexts in the Hebrew Bible to describe the heat of the day, the warmth of the sun, or the heat of anger or passion. It appears in both literal and figurative senses.

Context: • חֹם (chom) is a noun masculine used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the concept of heat. It is often associated with the natural heat of the sun, as seen in passages like Genesis 8:22, where the cycles of nature are described: "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease."
• In Exodus 16:21, חֹם (chom) is used to describe the heat of the day: "Morning by morning they gathered it, each one as much as he needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away."
• The word also appears in a metaphorical sense, such as in the expression of anger or fervor. For example, in Isaiah 18:4, it is used to describe a period of calm before action: "For this is what the LORD has said to me: 'I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.'"
• חֹם (chom) is a versatile term that captures both the physical and emotional aspects of heat, illustrating the multifaceted nature of the concept in biblical literature.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹ בְּחֹ֥ם בְּחֻמָּ֞ם בחם בחמו בחמם וָחֹ֜ם וחם חֹ֔ם חֹ֗ם חֹ֣ם חם כְּחֹ֣ם כְּחֹ֥ם כְּחֹ֣ם כחם לְחֹ֣ם לחם bə·ḥōm bə·ḥum·mām bə·ḥum·mōw beChom bechumMam bechumMo bəḥōm bəḥummām bəḥummōw chom ḥōm kə·ḥōm keChom kəḥōm lə·ḥōm leChom ləḥōm vaChom wā·ḥōm wāḥōm

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 8:22
HEB: וְ֠קָצִיר וְקֹ֨ר וָחֹ֜ם וְקַ֧יִץ וָחֹ֛רֶף
NAS: And cold and heat, And summer
KJV: and cold and heat, and summer
INT: and harvest and cold and heat and summer and winter

Genesis 18:1
HEB: פֶּֽתַח־ הָאֹ֖הֶל כְּחֹ֥ם הַיּֽוֹם׃
NAS: door in the heat of the day.
KJV: door in the heat of the day;
INT: door the tent the heat of the day

1 Samuel 11:9
HEB: [בְּחֹם כ] (כְּחֹ֣ם ק) הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ
KJV: by [that time] the sun be hot, ye shall have help.
INT: will have shall have help heat the sun went

1 Samuel 11:11
HEB: עַמּ֖וֹן עַד־ חֹ֣ם הַיּ֑וֹם וַיְהִ֤י
NAS: until the heat of the day.
KJV: the Ammonites until the heat of the day:
INT: the Ammonites until the heat of the day become

1 Samuel 21:7
HEB: לָשׂוּם֙ לֶ֣חֶם חֹ֔ם בְּי֖וֹם הִלָּקְחֽוֹ׃
INT: appoint bread heat day accept

2 Samuel 4:5
HEB: וּבַעֲנָ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ כְּחֹ֣ם הַיּ֔וֹם אֶל־
NAS: of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day
KJV: and came about the heat of the day
INT: and Baanah and came the heat of the day to

Nehemiah 7:3
HEB: יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ עַד־ חֹ֣ם הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ וְעַ֨ד
KJV: until the sun be hot; and while they stand by,
INT: of Jerusalem until be hot the sun and while

Job 6:17
HEB: יְזֹרְב֣וּ נִצְמָ֑תוּ בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹ נִדְעֲכ֥וּ מִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃
KJV: they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out
INT: become are silent is hot vanish their place

Job 24:19
HEB: צִיָּ֤ה גַם־ חֹ֗ם יִגְזְל֥וּ מֵֽימֵי־
NAS: Drought and heat consume the snow
KJV: Drought and heat consume the snow
INT: Drought again and heat consume waters

Isaiah 18:4
HEB: וְאַבִּ֣יטָה בִמְכוֹנִ֑י כְּחֹ֥ם צַח֙ עֲלֵי־
NAS: Like dazzling heat in the sunshine,
KJV: like a clear heat upon herbs,
INT: will look my dwelling heat dazzling and

Isaiah 18:4
HEB: כְּעָ֥ב טַ֖ל בְּחֹ֥ם קָצִֽיר׃
NAS: of dew in the heat of harvest.
KJV: of dew in the heat of harvest.
INT: A cloud of dew the heat of harvest

Jeremiah 17:8
HEB: כִּֽי־ יָבֹ֣א חֹ֔ם וְהָיָ֥ה עָלֵ֖הוּ
NAS: when the heat comes;
KJV: and shall not see when heat cometh,
INT: when comes the heat become leaves

Jeremiah 51:39
HEB: בְּחֻמָּ֞ם אָשִׁ֣ית אֶת־
KJV: In their heat I will make
INT: their heat will serve their banquet

Haggai 1:6
HEB: לָב֖וֹשׁ וְאֵין־ לְחֹ֣ם ל֑וֹ וְהַ֨מִּשְׂתַּכֵּ֔ר
KJV: ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages
INT: put one warm earns earns

14 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2527
14 Occurrences

bə·ḥōm — 1 Occ.
bə·ḥum·mām — 1 Occ.
bə·ḥum·mōw — 1 Occ.
ḥōm — 5 Occ.
kə·ḥōm — 4 Occ.
lə·ḥōm — 1 Occ.
wā·ḥōm — 1 Occ.