חֲמוֹת chamot

Hebrew word for “mother-in-law” · Strong’s H2545 · used 11 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

mother-in-law, husband's mother

How it is translated

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

• mother-in-law 11

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ruth 2 (4), Ruth 3 (4), Ruth 1 (1), Micah 7 (1)

Forms

• חמותה 6
• לחמותה 2
• חמותך 2
• בחמתה 1

Words used with it

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

• הָ ha “her” 6
• בֹּעַז boaz “Boaz” 3
• לָקַט laqat “to gather” 3
• שְׂעֹרָה seorah “barley” 2
• נָגַד nagad “to tell” 3
• דָּבַק davaq “to cleave” 2
• בַּת bat “daughter” 3
• אֵם em “mother” 2
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 2
• אֵת et “with” 2
• נִי ni “me” 2
• אָב av “father” 2

Key verses

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

• Ruth 1:14 — And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
• Ruth 2:11 — And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how…
• Ruth 2:18 — And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after…
• Ruth 2:19 — And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed…
• Ruth 2:23 — So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
• Ruth 3:1 — Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
• Ruth 3:6 — And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
• Ruth 3:16 — And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
• Ruth 3:17 — And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
• Micah 7:6 — For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of…

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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.