BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2540
cham.mon — Hammon
Hammon = "warm springs" a town in Naphtali allotted to the Levites; also called 'Hammath' and 'Hammoth-dor' Another name of cham.mat (חַמַּת "Hammath" H2575A)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Warm springs. (1.) A town in the tribe of Asher, near Zidon (Josh. 19:28), identified with ‘Ain Hamul. (2.) A Levitical city of Naphtali (1 Chr. 6:76).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
