Hemath

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Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]

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).

Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]

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

Holman Bible Dictionary [3]

HammathHamath

Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]

 1 Chronicles 2:55

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [5]

 1 Chronicles 2:55.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]

(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.

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