2524 - cham

Strong's Concordance

Original word: חָם
Transliteration: cham
Definition (short): father-in-law
Definition (full): husband's father

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from an unused word
Definition: husband's father
NASB Translation: father-in-law (4).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From the same as chowmah; a father-in-law (as in affinity) -- father in law.

see HEBREW chowmah

KJV: And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
NASB: It was told to Tamar, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
KJV: When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
NASB: It was while she was being brought out that she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "I am with child by the man to whom these things belong." And she said, "Please examine and see, whose signet ring and cords and staff are these?"
KJV: And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
NASB: Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas's wife, was pregnant and about to give birth; and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she kneeled down and gave birth, for her pains came upon her.
KJV: And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
NASB: And she called the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel," because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.