King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2553
Transliteration: chamman
Phonetic Spelling: (kham-mawn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a sun pillar
Meaning: a sun-pillar
Word Summary
chamman: a sun pillar
Original Word: חַמָּןTransliteration: chamman
Phonetic Spelling: (kham-mawn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a sun pillar
Meaning: a sun-pillar
Strong's Concordance
idol, image From chammah; a sun-pillar -- idol, image.
see HEBREW chammah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2553. chamman
[חַמָּן] noun masculine sun-pillar, used in idolatrous worship (see Thes489ff. RSSemitic i, 469, LagM i, 228 Now Archaeology ii, 302; = Palmyrene חמנא VogNo. 123 a; **+?N. Semitic Inscr., No. 136; LzbEphem. ii {1906}, 280; Phoenician חמן לבעל often as epithet of solar Baal); — only plural absolute חַמָּנִים Isaiah 27:9 4t.; suffix חַמָּנֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:30 2t.; "" בָּמוֺת 26:30 (H), 2 Chronicles 14:4, compare Ezekiel 6:4, 6; "" הבעלים מזבחות2 Chronicles 34:4; "" אשׁרים Isaiah 17:8; 27:9; "" אשׁרים and מְּסִלִים2 Chronicles 34:7.