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Hormah

חׇרְמָהStrong’s H6857

chormah (chor-mah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Chormah is the Hebrew word usually translated “zephath”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.”
Judges 1:17 KJV
Meaning
  1. Hormah = "devotion"
How it's translated
  • of zephath 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Judges 1

1 book in all.

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    חׇרְמָה chormah · Hormah

    Hormah = "devotion" a town of the Canaanites, conquered by Joshua, allotted to Judah, and located in the south of Judah Another name of tse.phat (צְפַ֑ת "Zephath" H6857)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.