Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2529
חֶמְאָה
chemahkhem-aw'
curd; heat
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chemʼâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2529is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2529
curdled milk or cheese
The King James renders it: butter.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chemah is rendered "curd; heat". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "curd".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 18:8Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
Genesis 18:8חֶמְאָ֜ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: curd, and heat.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| curdStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 18:8Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared… |
| heatStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- curds5
- and curds2
- butter1
- curds of1
- in curds1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּחֵמָ֑ה1
- וְחֶמְאָ֗ה1
- וְחֶמְאָֽה׃1
- חֶמְאָ֜ה1
- חֶמְאָ֗ה1
- חֶמְאָ֥ה1
- חֶמְאָ֑ה1
- חֶמְאָ֤ה1
- חֶמְאָֽה׃1
- חֶמְאַ֨ת1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular6HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
Genesis
one use
Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
- חֶמְאָ֜הchemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: curds
Deuteronomy
one use
with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
- חֶמְאַ֨תchematnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: curds of
Judges
one use
He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
- חֶמְאָֽה׃chemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: curds
2 Samuel
one use
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
- וְחֶמְאָ֗הvechemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and curds
Job
two uses
He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
- וְחֶמְאָֽה׃vechemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and curds
when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
- בְּחֵמָ֑הbechemahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in curds
Proverbs
one use
For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
- חֶמְאָ֗הchemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: butter
Isaiah
three uses
By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
- חֶמְאָ֥הchemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: curds
and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
- חֶמְאָ֑הchemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: curds
- חֶמְאָ֤הchemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: curds
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.