Lexicon / H2524
חָם
cham
  • father-in-law
  • husband’s father

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: father-in-law

father-in-law, husband's father

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: husband’s father

Root √חמה: חמה Arabic Syriac Ethiopic protect, guard surround, guard contract affinity, be joined by affinity id. (√ of foll.; cf. Ar. RS K 136 Lag BN 156; Dl Pr 91; BAS ii. 43 comp. an As. êmû. cf. Mod. Syr.; Eth.III. I means, prob. denom.)

חָם n.m husband’s father .