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חַמָּן H2553
H2553 is the Hebrew word חַמָּן, transliterated chammân and said kham-mawn'. The King James Version most often renders it images.
What it means
a sun-pillar.
Where it comes from
from H2535 (חַמָּה).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 7 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: idol, image.
Verses using חַמָּן
All 7 verses, quoted in full.
Leviticus 26:30 · KJV
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
2 Chronicles 14:5 · KJV
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
2 Chronicles 34:4 · KJV
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
2 Chronicles 34:7 · KJV
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
Isaiah 27:9 · KJV
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Ezekiel 6:4 · KJV
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Ezekiel 6:6 · KJV
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
Common questions
What does Strong's H2553 mean?
H2553 is the Hebrew word חַמָּן (chammân), meaning a sun-pillar.
How is H2553 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it images (6 times), idols (1 time).
How many times does H2553 appear in the Bible?
חַמָּן (chammân) is tagged in 7 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H2553 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H2535 (חַמָּה).
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