Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H1990: הָם

Hâm · pronounced hawm · “Ham”

Definition

Ham, a region of Palestine

KJV translates it as: Ham.

Word origin: of uncertain derivation;

Extended definition

Ham = "hot" or "sunburnt"
the place where Chedorlaomer and his allies smote the Zuzim, probably in the territory of the Ammonites, east of the Jordan; site uncertain
Another name of am.mon (עַמּוֹן "Ammon" H5983)

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How H1990 is translated

  • ham ×1

Bible verses with H1990 (Hâm)

Hâm appears in 1 verse.

  • Genesis 14:5

    And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,