Strong's Hebrew · H3179
יָחַם
yâcham · yaw-kham'
Definitionprobably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usageget heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.
Occurrences9 in the KJV · 8 verses
יָחַם in Scripture
Genesis 30:38
And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
Genesis 30:39
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
Genesis 30:41
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
Genesis 31:10
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
Deuteronomy 19:6
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
1 Kings 1:1
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Ecclesiastes 4:11
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone ?