Strong's Hebrew · H2556
חָמֵץ
châmêts · khaw-mates'
cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.
Definition
to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 6 times in Scripture
“So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.”
“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.””
“Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.”
“When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,”
“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.”
“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.”
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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).