Quick Definition
to grow warm
Strong's Definition
properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be black, be kindled, yearn.
TWOT Reference: 993,994,995
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to yearn, be kindled, be black (hot), grow warm and tender, be or grow hot, become hot, become emotionally agitated
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to grow warm and tender
1a2) to be or grow hot
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to yearn, be kindled, be black (hot), grow warm and tender, be or grow hot, become hot, become emotionally agitated
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to grow warm and tender
1a2) to be or grow hot
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כָּמַר
kâmar
BDB Definition:
1) to yearn, be kindled, be black (hot), grow warm and tender, be or grow hot, become hot, become emotionally agitated
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to grow warm and tender
1a2) to be or grow hot
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 993, 994, 995
Total KJV Occurrences: 4