Hemath

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 2:55

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 2:55.

Holman Bible Dictionary

HammathHamath

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One called 'the father of the house of Rechab.' 1 Chronicles 2:55 . See also HAMATH.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

He'math. (heat). A person or place named in the genealogical lists of Judah, as the origin of the Kenites, and the "father" of the house of Rechab. 1 Chronicles 2:55. (B.C. 1445).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hē´math . See Hammath (1 Chronicles 2:55 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Chammath', חִמִּת , the same name as Hammath; Sept. Αἰμάθ; Vulg. translates calor), a Kenite, ancestor of the Rechabites (1 Chronicles 2:55). B.C. prob. cir. 1612. "Hemath," in Amos 6:14, is an incorrect Anglicized form of חֲמָת(Chamath', Sept. Αἰμάθ v.r. Ε᾿μάθ, Vulg. Enath), the city HAMATH (See Hamath) q.v.