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H2557 · חָמֵץ

châmêts · khaw-mates' · leaven, leavened bread

H2557 (châmêts, pronounced khaw-mates') is the Hebrew word חָמֵץ in Strong’s dictionary: ferment, (figuratively) extortion. It appears 13 times in 13 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
חָמֵץ (Hebrew)
Transliteration
châmêts
Pronunciation
khaw-mates'
Derivation
from H2556 (חָמֵץ);
Definition
ferment, (figuratively) extortion
Rendered in the KJV
leaven, leavened (bread).

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

13 occurrences in 13 verses.

How the BSB renders it

By book

Exodus 7 · Leviticus 4 · Deuteronomy 1 · Amos 1

Verses

Related words

Numbers that share a root with H2557.

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