Hot
חָםStrong’s H2525cham
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Cham is the Hebrew word usually translated “warm” and “hot”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:”
Meaning
- Hot, warm
How it's translated
- warm 1
- hot 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 1
- Job 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חָם cham · hot
hot, warm
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hot” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HOT, adjective
- Having sensible heat; opposed to cold; as a hot stove or fire; a hot cloth; hot liquors. hot expresses more than warm.
- Ardent in temper; easily excited or exasperated; vehement.
- Violent; furious; as a hot engagement or assault.
- Eager; animated;; brisk; keen; as a hot pursuit, or a person hot in a pursuit.
All definitions
- Lustful; lewd.
- Acrid; biting; stimulating; pungent; as hot as mustard or pepper.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.