Definition

a mother-in-law

Etymology

or (shortened) חֲמֹת; feminine of H2524 (חָם);

Word family

• חָם châm

How the KJV renders it

• mother in law

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.