חָם
ḥām
husband’s father
Strong's H2524NounHebrewTWOT 674aFamily

חָם (ḥām) is a Hebrew noun meaning husband’s father. It appears 4 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2524).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 674a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 674a)husband’s father; father-in-law; father in law
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חָם noun, masculine: husband’s father

Strong's H2524 חָם: a father-in-law (as in affinity)
KJV:father in law.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 674: חמה ḥmh — protect, guard, surround, contract affinity, be joined by affinity

See it in Scripture

Genesis 38:131 Samuel 4:19

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