Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2590: חָנַט

chânaṭ · pronounced khaw-nat' · “to spice”

Definition

to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripen

KJV translates it as: embalm, put forth.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

v
1) to embalm, spice, make spicy
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to spice, make spicy
1a2) to embalm
2) (CLBL) to ripen

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2590 is translated

  • embalm ×1
  • they embalmed ×1
  • embalmings ×1
  • people embalmed ×1
  • it has ripened ×1

Bible verses with H2590 (chânaṭ)

Chânaṭ appears in 4 verses.

  • Genesis 50:2

    And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

  • Genesis 50:3

    And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.

  • Genesis 50:26

    So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

  • Song of Solomon 2:13

    The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.