TBESH · H2556A
חָמֵץ · cha.mets · to leaven
1) to be leavened, be sour 1a) (Qal) to be leavened 1b) (Hiphil) to taste something leavened 1c) (Hithpael) to be embittered, grieved
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cha.mets H2556
חָמֵץ (cha.mets) means “to leaven” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חָמֵץ Hebrew · H2556 8 tagged occurrences in 8 verses
Pronunciation guide: khaw-mates' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H2556B
חָמַץ · cha.mats · be red
to be red
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TBESH · H2556C
חָמַץ · cha.mats · to oppress
to be cruel, oppress, be ruthless
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)
KJV glosses: cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.
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How translators render H2556
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and ruthless | 1 |
| it was leavened | 1 |
| leaven | 1 |
| the rising | 1 |
| was grieved | 1 |
| with crimson-stained | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and cruel man | 1 |
| before it was leavened | 1 |
| for it was not leavened | 1 |
| nothing leavened | 1 |
| that which is leavened | 1 |
| until it be leavened | 1 |
| was grieved | 1 |
| with dyed | 1 |
Verses containing H2556
Page 1 of 1. 8 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Exodus 12:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.
Read word by word - Exodus 12:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are not to eat anything leavened; eat unleavened bread in all your homes.”
Read word by word - Exodus 12:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.
Read word by word - Exodus 12:39
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.
Read word by word - Psalms 71:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
Read word by word - Psalms 73:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
Read word by word - Isaiah 63:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
Read word by word - Hosea 7:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
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