Home›Strong's concordance›H2564

חֵמָר H2564

H2564 is the Hebrew word חֵמָר, transliterated chêmâr and said khay-mawr'. The King James Version most often renders it slime.

Word: חֵמָרTransliteration: chêmârSaid: khay-mawr'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 3 verses

What it means

bitumen (as rising to the surface).

Where it comes from

from H2560 (חָמַר).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 3 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

slime 2×full of slimepits 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: slime(-pit).

Verses using חֵמָר

All 3 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 11:3 · KJV

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

Genesis 14:10 · KJV

And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

Exodus 2:3 · KJV

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2564 mean?

H2564 is the Hebrew word חֵמָר (chêmâr), meaning bitumen (as rising to the surface).

How is H2564 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it slime (2 times), full of slimepits (1 time).

How many times does H2564 appear in the Bible?

חֵמָר (chêmâr) is tagged in 3 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2564 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H2560 (חָמַר).

Nearby entries

H2561 · חֶמֶר — wine (as fermenting)H2562 · חֲמַר — wine H2563 · חֹמֶר — properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a…H2565 · חֲמֹרָה — a heap H2566 · חַמְרָן — Chamran, an Idumaean H2567 · חָמַשׁ — to tax a fifth

Strong's concordance →