جحفلQ. 1 جَحْفَلَهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. جَحْفَلَةٌ, (TA,) He prostrated him on the ground; threw him down: (S, K:) and sometimes they said, جَعْفَلَهُ. (S.) A2:  He reproved, chid, or reproached, him for his deed; or did so severely. (Sgh, K.) Q.2 تَجَحْفَلُوا They congregated; collected  themselves together. (S, K.) جَحْفَلٌ An army: (S:) or a numerous army. (K.) MF holds it to be formed, with an augmentative ل, from الجَحْفُ, meaning “ the taking,” or “ carrying,” a thing “ away. ” (TA.) A2:  A great man: (K:) or a man of great estimation or dignity. (S.) b2:  A generous, noble, or high-born, chief or lord. (K.) b3:  Great in the sides. (IAar, K.) جَحْفَلَةٌ The lip (S, K) of a solid-hoofed animal, (Sudot;,) [i. e.,] of a horse, a mule, and an ass: (K:) and metaphorically applied to that of a man, which is properly termed شَفَةٌ: (TA:) not, as some assert, peculiarly the upper lip: (MF:) pl. جَحَافِلُ. (TA.) b2:  Also, (K,) جَحْفَلَتَانِ, (TA,) Two callosities (رَقْمَتَانِ) in the two arms of the horse, (K,) resembling two marks made with a hot iron, facing each other, in the inner side of each arm. (TA.) جَحَنْفَلٌ (with an augmentative ن S) Thicklipped. (S, K.) 1 جحُمَتِ النَّارُ, aor. ـُ inf. n. جُحُومٌ; and جَحِمَت, aor. ـَ inf. n. جَحْمٌ and جَحَمٌ [accord. to the CK جُحْمٌ] and جُحُومٌ; The fire burned, burned up, burned brightly or fiercely, blazed, or flamed; (K, TA;) and had many live coals, and much flame: (TA in explanation of the latter verb; and so the former or the latter is explained in a copy of the S, in which it is imperfectly written:) or the former signifies it became great: (TA:) and ↓ اجحمت it became vehement; said of fire, and also of war. (Ham p. 810.) A2:  جَحَمَ, aor. ـَ He kindled fire; made it to burn, burn up, burn brightly or fiercely, blaze, or flame. (K.) 4 اجحم عَنْهُ, (S, K,) inf.n. أِجْحَامٌ, (TA,) He refrained, forbore, abstained, or desisted, from it; (S, K;) namely, a thing; like احجم: (S:) but the former is a rare dial. var. (Har p. 95.) Both these verbs bear contr. significations; being  used as meaning He advanced, or went forward: and also he receded, or drew back. (MF.) A2: اجحم فُلَانًا He, or it, was near to destroying, or killing, such a one. (K.) A3:  See also 1.5 تجحُم He burned with vehemence of desire, or covetousnsss, and niggardliness; (K;) as also ↓ تجاحم: from جَاحِمُ الحَرْبِ. (TA.) b2:  Hence, also, (TA,) i. q. تَضَايَقَ [app. meaning He became straitened in disposition]. (K.) You say also, عَلَيْنَا ↓ هُوَ يَتَجَاحَمُ, i. e., يَتَضَايَقُ [app., He becomes straitened in disposition against us]: a phrase mentioned by El-Mundhiree on the authority of Aboo-Tálib. (TA.) 6 تَجَاْحَفَ see 5, in two places.جَحْمَةٌ The burning, burning brightly or fiercely, blazing, or flaming, of fire; (Ham p. 77;) as also ↓ جَاحِمٌ: (TA:) or vehemence of burning or blazing or flaming: (Bd in xxxvii. 95:) or it is an epithet applied to fire because of its redness [or as meaning red]. (Ham ubi suprà.) b2:  See also جَحِيمٌ.جُحْمَةٌ: see جَحِيمٌ.جَحِيمٌ A fire burning, or blazing, or flaming, vehemently; (K;) as also ↓ جَاحِمٌ: (Ham p. 810:) and any fire having one part above another; as also ↓ جَحْمَةٌ and ↓ جُحْمَةٌ; (K;) of which last the pl. is جُحَمٌ: (TA:) or having many live coals, and flaming much: (so in a copy of the S:) and any great fire in a pit or the like; (S, K;) from the saying in the Kur [xxxvii. 95], قَالُوا ابْنُوا لَهُ بُنْيَانًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى الجَحِيمِ [They said, Build ye for him a building, and cast him into the great fire therein]. (S.) And الجَحِيمُ is one of the names of The fire [of Hell]; (S, TA;) from  which may God preserve us. (TA.) See also جَاحِمٌ.جَحَّامٌ Niggardly, tenacious, stingy, penurious, or avaricious: (K:) from جَاحِمُ الحَرْبِ, meaning “ the straitness, and vehemence, of war.” (TA.) جَاحِمٌ: see جَحِيمٌ. Also Live coals (جَمْرٌ) vehemently burning or blazing or flaming. (K.) And a place vehemently hot; (S, K;) as also ↓ جَحِيمٌ. (K.) El-Aashà says, المَوْتُ جَاحِمٌ [app. meaning (assumed tropical:)  Death is like a burning, or fiercelyburning, fire]. (S.) See also جَحْمَةٌ. b2:  جَاحِمُ الجَرْبِ The main part [or the thick] of the war or battle: (K:) or the straitness thereof: (TA:) and the vehemence of the fight or slaughter, in the scene thereof. (K.) You say, اِصْطَلَى بِجَاحِمِ الحَرْبِ (tropical:) [He warmed himself with the heat, or vehemence, of the battle]. (TA.) b3:  الجَاحِمَةُ Fire: (TA:) or, [as an epithet,] fire burning, burning brightly or fiercely, blazing, or flaming. (Ham p. 77.)