H2556 · חָמֵץ
châmêts · khaw-mates' · cruel, leavened
H2556 (châmêts, pronounced khaw-mates') is the Hebrew word חָמֵץ in Strong’s dictionary: to be pungent. It appears 6 times in 6 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חָמֵץ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- châmêts
- Pronunciation
- khaw-mates'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)
- Rendered in the KJV
- cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
6 occurrences in 6 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “and ruthless” ×1
- “it was leavened” ×1
- “leaven” ×1
- “the rising” ×1
- “was grieved” ×1
- “with crimson-stained” ×1
By book
Exodus 2 · Psalms 2 · Isaiah 1 · Hosea 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H2556.