Strong H2577חֲמָתִי

Hamathite

Transliteration: chămâthîy
Pronunciation: kham-aw-thee'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patrial from H2574; a Chamathite or native of Chamath: - Hamathite.

Detailed definition

Someone descended from Hamath(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.18; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H721) and Zemarite (H6786)

In the biblical story

Hamathites

A Canaanite people group descended from Canaan.

The Hamathites were a Canaanite people group descended from Canaan, son of Ham.

In the Bible

Strong H2577 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

hamathite2

First verses

Genesis 10:18
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
1 Chronicles 1:16
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.