H2529 חֶמְאָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 10 KJV occurrences
חֶמְאָה
chemʼâh · khem-aw'
Definition
curdled milk or cheese
KJV Renderings
butter.
Derivation / Etymology
or (shortened) חֵמָה; from the same root as H2346 (חוֹמָה);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 10)
- Genesis 18:8And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
- Deuteronomy 32:14Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
- Judges 5:25He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
- 2 Samuel 17:29And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
- Job 29:6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
- Proverbs 30:33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
- Isaiah 7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
- Isaiah 7:22And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.