Strong H2526H2526Gחָם

Ham

Transliteration: châm
Pronunciation: khawm
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.5.32;
son of: Noah (H5146);
brother of: Shem (H8035) and Japheth (H3315);
father of: Canaan (H3667), Cush (H3568), Egypt (H4714) and Put (H6316)

Meaning of the name

Ham = "hot"

General definition

The same as H2525; hot (from the tropical habitat);
{Cham} a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country: - Ham.

In the biblical story

Ham

One of Noah's three sons, father of Canaan.

Ham, one of Noah's three sons, was the father of Canaan and the ancestor of various nations.

In the Bible

Strong H2526G appears in 10 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

ham10

First verses

Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 7:13
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Genesis 9:18
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
1 Chronicles 1:4
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chronicles 1:8
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.