To warm
חָמַםStrong’s H2552chamam (cha-mam)
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chamam is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will be warm”, “it was warm” and “it will be hot”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.”
Meaning
- To be hot, become warm(Qal) · (Niphal) to become aroused, inflame oneself with · (Piel) to warm · (Hithpael) to warm oneself
How it's translated
- and it will be warm 2
- and it was warm 1
- it will be hot 1
- it was warm 1
- and it became warm 1
- is hot 1
- in heat its 1
- he warmed himself 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 4
- Job 3
- 1 Kings 2
- Exodus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Kings 1
13 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 19:6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
- 1 Kings 1:1Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
- 1 Kings 1:2Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
- 2 Kings 4:34And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
- Nehemiah 7:3And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
- Job 6:17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Hebrew dictionary
חָמַם chamam · to warm
1) to be hot, become warm 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be or grow warm 1a2) of passion (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to become aroused, inflame oneself with 1c) (Piel) to warm 1d) (Hithpael) to warm oneself
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “warm” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WARM, adjective
Waurm. [G. See Swarm.]
- Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold; as warm blood; warm milk.
- Subject o heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no winter; as the warm climate of Egypt.
- Zealous; ardent; as, to be warm in the cause of our country or of religion.
- Habitually ardent or passionate; keen; irritable; as a warm temper.
All definitions and other forms of “warm”
- Easily excited or provoked; irritable; as warm passions.
- Violent; furious; as a warm contest.
- Busy in action; heated in action; ardent.
- Fanciful; enthusiastic; as a warm head.
- Vigorous; sprightly.
WARM, verb transitive
- To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.
- To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; as, to warm the heart with love or zeal.
WARM, verb intransitive
- To become moderately heated.
- To become ardent or animated.
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.