H2545 חֲמוֹת
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 11 KJV occurrences
חֲמוֹת
chămôwth · kham-oth'
Definition
a mother-in-law
KJV Renderings
mother in law.
Derivation / Etymology
or (shortened) חֲמֹת; feminine of H2524 (חָם);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 11)
- Ruth 1:14And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
- Ruth 2:11And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
- Ruth 2:18¶ And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
- Ruth 2:19And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
- Ruth 2:23So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
- Ruth 3:1Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
- Ruth 3:16And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
- Ruth 3:17And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.