What does אִישׁ · חֵמָה mean in the Bible?
אִישׁ · חֵמָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "man of wrath, person of fury, one given to rage".
Hebrew · H376, H2534
אִישׁ חֵמוֹת
A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) · heat ; figuratively, anger , poison (from its fever)
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אִישׁ H376 a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Pronunciation ish
Individual male person functioning as a foundational unit of social identity, kinship, and covenantal responsibility in Hebrew thought
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חֵמָה H2534 heat ; figuratively, anger , poison (from its fever)
Pronunciation ḥēmāh
Anger as burning heat—divine wrath conceived as consuming fire reflecting God's passionate covenant justice
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What does אִישׁ חֵמוֹת (ish chemot) mean in the Bible?
אִישׁ · חֵמָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "man of wrath, person of fury, one given to rage".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H376, H2534?
H376, H2534 is connected to 2,311 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. man of wrath, person of fury, one given to rage
Strong's H376, H2534
Lexical occurrences 2,311 verses Source Gloss
man of wrath, person of fury, one given to rage
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אִישׁ חֵמוֹת is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain