H2524 חָם
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences
חָם
châm · khawm
Definition
a father-in-law (as in affinity)
KJV Renderings
father in law.
Derivation / Etymology
from the same as H2346 (חוֹמָה);
KJV Verses (4)
- Genesis 38:13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
- Genesis 38:25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
- 1 Samuel 4:19¶ And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
- 1 Samuel 4:21And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.