Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(hot). Third son of Noah (Gen. 5:32; 9:22). Father of the Hamitic races (Gen. 10:6).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. One of Noah’s three sons: he was father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan. Mizraim and Phut, in their descendants, were mainly connected with Egypt. Nothing personally is known of Ham except his disrespectful behavior when his father was intoxicated, and which drew down the curse of Noah on Canaan (Gen. 5:32; Gen. 6:10; Gen. 9:18,22; Gen. 10:1,6,20; 1 Chron. 1:4,8).
2. The dwelling place of the above in Egypt was mostly designated “the land of Ham” (Psa. 78:51; Psa. 105:23,27; Psa. 106:22).
3. A place somewhere on the east of the Dead Sea, where the Zuzims dwelt who were smitten by Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:5).
4. The Simeonites in searching for pasture for their flocks in the South came to a place where they of Ham had dwelt of old (1 Chron. 4:40). Some suppose these to have been a colony from Egypt; others judge them to have been Canaanitish nomads.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
the same as 2525; hot (from the tropical habitat); Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
tumult: he raged (in Gen. 14:5) : hot (the same for is rendered "father-in-law")
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Black; crafty; hot:―name of a son of Noah; father of the Hamite races, Gen. 5:32. {Niger}