חָם

cham · Ham

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2526 · appears 16 times in the Bible

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What it means

cham (חָם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ham”.

One of the three sons of Noah, father of Canaan, Cush and Mizraim; also his descendants and their land.

How to say it

cham

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 5:32

    And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Genesis 6:10

    And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Genesis 7:13

    On that very day Noah went into the ark, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and the wife of Noah and the three wives of his sons with them,

  • Genesis 9:18

    And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.

  • Genesis 9:22

    And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.

  • Genesis 10:1

    And these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.

  • Genesis 10:6

    And the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

  • Genesis 10:20

    These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:4

    Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:8

    The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:40

    And they found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful, for those who lived there before were from Ham.

  • Psalms 78:51

    And he struck every firstborn in Egypt, the beginning of vigor in the tents of Ham.

  • Psalms 105:23

    And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob resided as an alien in the land of Ham.

  • Psalms 105:27

    They set among them the words of his signs, and portents in the land of Ham.

  • Psalms 106:22

    wonders in the land of Ham, awesome things by the Sea of Reeds.

And 1 more times.