H2573 חֵמֶת

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences

חֵמֶת

chêmeth · klay'-meth

Definition

a skin bottle (as tied up)

KJV Renderings

bottle.

Derivation / Etymology

from the same as H2346 (חוֹמָה);

KJV Verses (4)

Genesis 21:14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Genesis 21:15And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Genesis 21:19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Habakkuk 2:15¶ Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!