חֵמָה chemah

Hebrew word for “rage” · Strong’s H2534 · used 125 times in 118 verses

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Meaning

1) heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation, anger, wrath, poison, bottles;

How it is translated

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

• rage 94
• anger 19
• venom 5
• wrath 3
• poison 1
• angers 1
• rages 1
• fever 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 20 (5), Isaiah 51 (4), Isaiah 63 (3), Deuteronomy 29 (2), Deuteronomy 32 (2), 2 Kings 22 (2), 2 Chronicles 34 (2), Esther 7 (2), Proverbs 15 (2), Jeremiah 21 (2)

Forms

• חמתי 26
• חמה 21
• חמת 20
• בחמה 7
• חמתך 7
• ובחמה 6
• חמתו 6
• בחמת 4
• ובחמתי 4
• בחמתי 3

Words used with it

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

• אַף aph “face” 39
• שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 18
• נָתַךְ natakh “to pour” 9
• כָּלָה kalah “to end” 13
• קִנְאָה qinah “jealousy” 9
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 11
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 10
• הֶם hem “them” 13
• בָּעַר baar “to burn” 7
• כָּבָה kavah “to quench” 5
• זֶה zeh “this” 11
• אֲנִי ani “I” 10

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 29:23 — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of…
• 2 Chronicles 36:16 — But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was…
• Psalms 76:10 — Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
• Isaiah 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because…
• Jeremiah 4:4 — Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire,…
• Jeremiah 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out…
• Jeremiah 32:37 — Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto…
• Ezekiel 20:13 — But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even…
• Ezekiel 24:13 — In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused…
• Daniel 9:16 — O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for…
• Nahum 1:2 — God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his…
• Nahum 1:6 — Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

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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.