Strong's Hebrew · H2529

חֶמְאָה

chemʼâh · khem-aw'

butter.

Definition

curdled milk or cheese

Derivation

or (shortened) חֵמָה; from the same root as H2346 (חוֹמָה);

Appears 10 times in Scripture

Deuteronomy 32:14

with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

Job 20:17

He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

Isaiah 7:22

and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

2 Samuel 17:29

honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Isaiah 7:15

By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

Proverbs 30:33

For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”

Job 29:6

when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Genesis 18:8

Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

Judges 5:25

He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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