- Original: חמץ
- Transliteration: Chamets
- Phonetic: khaw-mates'
- Definition:
1. to be leavened, be sour
a. (Qal) to be leavened
b. (Hiphil) to taste something leavened
c. (Hithpael) to be embittered, grieved
2. to be cruel, oppress, be ruthless
3. to be red
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: TWOT- 679,680,681
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: A primitive root; to be pungent; that is in taste (sour that is literally fermented or figuratively harsh) in color (dazzling): - cruel (man) dyed be grieved leavened.
Total KJV Occurrences: 6
• cruel, 1
Psalm 71:4
• dyed, 1
Isaiah 63:1
• grieved, 1
Psalm 73:21
• leavened, 3
Exodus 12:34;
Exodus 12:39;
Hosea 7:4