STRONGS NUMBER H2858


Word Summary
chothemeth: signet ring
Original Word: חֹתֶמֶת
Transliteration: chothemeth
Phonetic Spelling: (kho-the-meth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: signet ring
Meaning: signet ring
Strong's Concordance
signet

Feminine active participle of chatham; a seal -- signet.

see HEBREW chatham

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2858. chothemeth

חֹתֶ֫מֶתnoun feminine signet-ring — only ׳הַחGenesis 38:25 (J; for I. חֹתָם38:18) the signet-ring (according to BöNÄ i. 23 feminine collective the sealing-apparatus).

I. חתן‎ (√ of following; probably circumcise; compare Arabic circumcise, circumcision, circumcision-feast).