H2537 - חֲמוּטַל (Chămûwṭal)

H2537 חֲמוּטַל (Chămûwṭal) kham-oo-tal'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine)

Quick Definition

Hamutal

Biblical Persons & Places

Hamutal Woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy

A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.23.31; referred to as Hamutal (חֲמוּטַל); a daughter of Jeremiah; wife of Josiah; mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah.

Strong's Definition

Chamutal or Chamital, an Israelitess

Derivation: or חֲמִיטַל; from H2524 (חָם) and H2919 (טַל); father-in-law of dew;

KJV Usage: Hamutal.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Hamutal = "father-in-law is protection"

1) one of the wives of Josiah, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.23.31; daughter of: Jeremiah (H3414); married to Josiah (H2977); mother of: Jehoahaz (H3059H) and Zedekiah (H6667H) § Hamutal = "father-in-law is protection" one of the wives of Josiah, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֲמִיטַל / חֲמוּטַל chămûṭal / chămý̂yṭal BDB Definition: Hamutal = father-in-law is protection 1) one of the wives of Josiah, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah Part of Speech: noun proper feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2524 and H2919 Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

23:31 24:18

52:1

2 Kings 23:31

Jehoahaz was twenty-three... years old... when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

2 Kings 24:18

Zedekiah was twenty-one... years old... when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven... years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah was twenty-one... years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven... years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.