Ham
Ham is a region mentioned in 4 verses. Its most likely location is another name for Egypt. The name means “hot; heat; brown.”
Where is Ham?
Approx. 30.1294, 31.3075 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Egypt | region | Medium |
Ham in the Bible dictionary
Warm, hot, and hence the south; also an Egyptian word meaning “black”, the youngest son of Noah (Gen. 5:32; comp. 9:22, 24). The curse pronounced by Noah against Ham, properly against Canaan his fourth son, was accomplished when the Jews subsequently exterminated the Canaanites.
One of the most important facts recorded in Gen. 10 is the foundation of the earliest monarchy in Babylonia by Nimrod the grandson of Ham (6, 8, 10). The primitive Babylonian empire was thus Hamitic, and of a cognate race with the primitive inhabitants of Arabia and of Ethiopia.
The race of Ham were the most energetic of all the descendants of Noah in the early times of the post-diluvian world.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →
Verses that mention Ham
- Psalms 78:51
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
- Psalms 105:23
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 105:27
They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 106:22
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.