Strong H2559חָמַק
to turn away
- Transliteration
- châmaq
- Pronunciation
- khaw-mak'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; properly to enwrap; hence to depart (that {is} turn about): - go {about} withdraw self.
Detailed definition
1) to withdraw, turn around, turn away
1a) (Qal) to turn away
1b) (Hithpael) to turn about, vacillate, turn hither and thither
1a) (Qal) to turn away
1b) (Hithpael) to turn about, vacillate, turn hither and thither
In the Bible
Strong H2559 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- go1
- withdraw1
First verses
- Song of Songs 5:6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
- Jeremiah 31:22How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.