חֶמְאָה chemah

Hebrew word for “curd” · Strong’s H2529 · used 10 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

curd, butter

Senses in the lexicon

• curd (9)
• heat (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for chemah in context, with how often each is used:

• curds 9
• butter 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 7 (2), Genesis 18 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Judges 5 (1), 2 Samuel 17 (1), Job 20 (1), Job 29 (1), Proverbs 30 (1)

Forms

• חמאה 6
• וחמאה 2
• חמאת 1
• בחמה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chemah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חָלָב chalav “milk” 5
• דְּבַשׁ devash “honey” 4
• בָּקָר baqar “cattle” 3
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 4
• צֹאן tson “flock” 2
• דָּם dam “blood” 2

Key verses

The verses using chemah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 18:8 — And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
• Deuteronomy 32:14 — Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the…
• Judges 5:25 — He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
• 2 Samuel 17:29 — And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary,…
• Job 20:17 — He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
• Job 29:6 — When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
• Proverbs 30:33 — Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
• Isaiah 7:15 — Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
• Isaiah 7:22 — And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.