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Strong's #3643: Kimham (pronounced kim-hawm')

from 3642; pining; Kimham, an Israelite:--Chimham.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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kimhâm

Chimham = "their longing"

1) a follower and probably a son of Barzillai the Gileadite who returned from beyond Jordan with David; apparently David bestowed on him a possession in Bethlehem on which in later times an inn was standing (noun proper masculine)

2) apparently the inn in Bethlehem located on the possession given by David to Chimham the follower or son of Barzillai the Gileadite (noun proper locative)

Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Relation: from H3642



Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

2 Samuel 19:37: "and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king;"
2 Samuel 19:38: "And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him"
2 Samuel 19:40: "Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people"
Jeremiah 41:17: "And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go"









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