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Hamathites

Hamathites is the plural of Hamathite.

Meaning of Hamathite

Noun

Hamathite (plural Hamathites)

  1. (historical) A descendant of Canaan, according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16, inhabiting the Kingdom of Hamath, located in what is now western Syria and northern Lebanon.
    • And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Questions about Hamathites

What is Hamathites the plural of?
Hamathites is the plural of Hamathite.

Words near Hamathites in the dictionary

  1. Hamath
  2. hamathecia
  3. hamathecial
  4. hamathecium
  5. Hamathite
  6. Hamathites
  7. hamatia
  8. hamatias
  9. hamatoxylin
  10. hamatsa
  11. hamatsas

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