חַמָּן
ḥammān
sun-pillar
Strong's H2553NounHebrewTWOT 677d

חַמָּן (ḥammān) is a Hebrew noun meaning sun-pillar. It appears 8 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2553).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 677d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 677d)sun-pillar; sun; idol, image
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חַמָּן noun, masculine: sun-pillar

sun-pillar, used in idolatrous worship

Strong's H2553 חַמָּן: a sun-pillar
KJV:idol, image.

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 677: חָמַם ḥāmam — be, become warm; grow warm; inflame oneself with; keep, warm; warm oneself; be hot; enflame self, get heat

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 26:302 Chronicles 34:4Isaiah 17:8

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