חָמַם
cha.mam
to warm
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "cha.mam" (H2552) is a verb that means "to warm". This action can be physical, such as applying heat, or metaphorical, such as warming someone's heart or spirit. The 21 occurrences of this word in the Bible show its range of usage, from literal heat (e.g., using a furnace) to figurative warmth (e.g., comforting someone). The significance of "cha.mam" lies in its role in highlighting the importance of warmth and comfort in various contexts. It can describe a physical environment, such as a warm home, or a emotional state, such as a warm welcome. The word also appears in passages that emphasize God's care and provision, suggesting that warmth and comfort are essential aspects of a loving relationship. In summary, "cha.mam" is a versatile Hebrew word that encompasses both physical and metaphorical warmth, highlighting its significance in describing comfort, care, and love in various contexts throughout the Bible.
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Occurrences in Scripture
21 total occurrences across the text
I said to them, “Don’t let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house.”
Job 6:17In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Job 31:20if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
Job 39:14For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
Psalms 39:3My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:
Ecclesiastes 4:11Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
Ecclesiastes 4:11Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
Isaiah 44:15Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it, and warms himself. Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
Isaiah 44:16He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself, and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”
Isaiah 44:16He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself, and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”
Isaiah 47:14Behold, they are like stubble. The fire will burn them. They won’t deliver themselves from the power of the flame. It won’t be a coal to warm at or a fire to sit by.
Isaiah 57:5you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Jeremiah 51:39When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says Yahweh.
Ezekiel 24:11Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its bronze may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.
Hosea 7:7They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.
Haggai 1:6You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”
Exodus 16:21They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
Deuteronomy 19:6Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the man slayer while hot anger is in his heart and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally, even though he was not worthy of death, because he didn’t hate him in time past.
1 Kings 1:1Now king David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm.
1 Kings 1:2Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.”
2 Kings 4:34He went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. He stretched himself on him; and the child’s flesh grew warm.