Lexicon :: Strong's H2557 - ḥāmēṣ
חָמֵץ
Transliteration
ḥāmēṣ
Pronunciation
khaw-mates'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From חָמֵץ (H2556)
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: TWOT- 679a
Variant Spellings
The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: חמץ.
KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H2557 in the following manner: leaven (5x), leavened bread (4x), leaven (2x).
the thing leavened, leaven
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמֵץ châmêts, khaw-mates'; from H2556; ferment, (figuratively) extortion:—leaven, leavened (bread).
STRONGS H2557:
Abbreviations
† חָמֵץ noun masculineExodus 13:3 that which is leavened — ֯ ח׳ Exodus 12:15 + 10 times — forbidden at Passover Exodus 12:15 (P), Exodus 13:3, 7 (JE), Deuteronomy 16:3, in all sacrifices Exodus 23:18; Exodus 34:25 (both J E); compare Amos 4:5; Leviticus 2:11; Leviticus 6:10 (P; apposition); exceptions are לֶחֶם ח׳ of peace-offering Leviticus 7:13 (P), and the wave-loaves (ח׳ appositive) Leviticus 23:17 (H). — see RSSem 208 OTJC 2, 345. מַחְמֶ֫צֶת noun feminine anything leavened, only Exodus 12:19, 20 (P).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Exodus
12:15; 12:15; 12:19; 12:20; 13:3; 13:3; 13:7; 23:18; 34:25
Leviticus
2:11; 6:10; 7:13; 23:17
Deuteronomy
16:3
Amos
4:5
