HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2564
חֵמָר
che.mar — bitumen
slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen
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Bitumen
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G6583
ἄσφαλτος
asphaltos — tar
asphalt, bitumen , forming in lumps, ( θρόμβοι) on the surface of the river Is near Babylon and at Ardericca near Susa, (Herdotus Historicus) Seems to be a foreign word. (ML)
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Gen. 11:3, R.V., margin, rendered in the A.V. “slime”), a mineral pitch. With this the ark was pitched (6:14. See also Ex. 2:3.) (See SLIME.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.