חָם
chamfather-in-lawHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine4 occurrences2 books4 verses
Definition
from the same as H2346; a father-in-law (as in affinity)
Traditional renderings: father in law.
Traditional renderings: father in law.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָם:
- πενθερόςpentheros“father-in-law”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Genesis 38:13חָמִ֛יךְ · Your father-in-lawWhen Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
- Genesis 38:25חָמִ֙יהָ֙ · father-in-lawAs she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”
- 1 Samuel 4:19חָמִ֖יהָ · of her father-in-lawNow Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
- 1 Samuel 4:21חָמִ֖יהָ · her father-in-lawAnd she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.