McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Hemath

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Hemath


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(Heb. Chammath', çִîִּú , the same name as Hammath; Sept. ÁἰìÜè ; Vulg. translates calor), a Kenite, ancestor of the Rechabites (1Ch_2:55). B.C. prob. cir. 1612. “Hemath,” in Amo_6:14, is an incorrect Anglicized form of çֲîָú (Chamath', Sept. ÁἰìÜè v.r. Å᾿ìÜè , Vulg. Enath), the city HAMATH SEE HAMATH q.v.