Chemah חֶמְאָה

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Chemah (Hebrew חֶמְאָה, Strong's H2529) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “curd”. It occurs 10 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

curd, butter

1) heat
1a) fever
1b) venom, poison
2) burning anger, rage
2a) of man
2b) of the he-goat in Daniel's vision
2a) of God

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	butter (10)
BSB	curds (7), cream (2), butter (1)

Every verse with Chemah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 18:8
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

Deuteronomy 32:14
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

Judges 5:25
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

2 Samuel 17:29
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Job 20:17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
Job 29:6
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Proverbs 30:33
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”

Isaiah 7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
Isaiah 7:22
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).