Words the Bible translates as hot
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥarahחָרָהto burn hot with anger: for a feeling, almost always anger, to catch fire and blaze up in someone
- ḥamamחָמַםto be or become warm, to grow hot: heat rising in a body, an object, or a feeling, short of open flame
- ḥomחֹםheat: warmth felt in the air, in the seasons, or in a thing, and so also the hottest stretch of the day
- zestosζεστόςhotnot studied yet
- ḥamחָםhot: having heat in it at the moment, as bread just out of the oven or clothing warmed by the air
- ḥarishiחֲרִישִׁיscorching: describing the searing, stifling east wind God sent against Jonah, though the word's precise force is uncertain
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