Biblical Hebrew H2534 noun feminine 125 occurrences

חֵמָה

Transliteration: hema (ḥēmâ)

Pronunciation: /khay-MAW/

“wrath, fury, heat, burning rage”

Heat, venom, burning fury; intense divine moral indignation against persistent covenant rebellion and idolatry (Ezekiel 36:18).

Lexical & Etymological Analysis

From יָחַם (H3179) to be hot.

wrathfuryragepoison

Cross-Testament Bridge

How this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.

LXX conceptual translation: חֵמָה (wrath, fury, heat, burning rage) -> θυμός (passion, hot anger, wrath)

LXX conceptual translation: חֵמָה (wrath, fury, heat, burning rage) -> ὀργή (impulse, propensity, disposition)

Direct Cross-Language Equivalents:

G2372 θυμός (thymos — “passion, hot anger, wrath”) G3709 ὀργή (orge — “impulse, propensity, disposition”)

Foundational passages where חֵמָה (hema) carries significant theological or narrative weight.