H2564 - חֵמָר (chêmâr)

H2564 חֵמָר (chêmâr) khay-mawr'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

bitumen

Strong's Definition

bitumen (as rising to the surface)

Derivation: from H2560 (חָמַר);

KJV Usage: slime(-pit).

TWOT Reference: 683b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֵמָר chêmâr BDB Definition: 1) slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2560 Same Word by TWOT Number: 683b Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

11:3 14:10

2:3

Genesis 11:3

And they said to one another, Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly. So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

Genesis 14:10

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits..., and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into [the pits], but the survivors fled to the hill country.

Exodus 2:3

But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in [the basket] and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.