H2529: חֶמְאָה
chemʼâh · pronounced khem-aw' · “curd”
Definition
curdled milk or cheese
KJV translates it as: butter.
Word origin: or (shortened) חֵמָה; from the same root as H2346 (חוֹמָה);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2529 is translated
- curds ×8
- curds of ×1
- butter ×1
Bible verses with H2529 (chemʼâh)
Chemʼâh appears in 9 verses.
- 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 pure blood of the grape.
- 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, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
- 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 land.