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Lexicon :: Strong's H2671 - ḥēṣ

Aa
חֵץ
Transliteration
ḥēṣ
Pronunciation
khayts
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 721b

Strong’s Definitions

חֵץ chêts, khayts; from H2686; also by interchange for H6086 properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear:— archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x

The KJV translates Strong's H2671 in the following manner: arrow (48x), archers (with H1167) (1x), dart (1x), shaft (1x), wound (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x
The KJV translates Strong's H2671 in the following manner: arrow (48x), archers (with H1167) (1x), dart (1x), shaft (1x), wound (1x), variant (1x).

  1. arrow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵץ chêts, khayts; from H2686; also by interchange for H6086 properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear:— archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
STRONGS H2671: Abbreviations
† חֵץ noun masculine1 Samuel 20:20 arrow, mostly in poetry and prophets (compare חֵצִי above below חצה) — absolute ח׳ Psalm 91:5 + 9 times + 1 Samuel 17:7 Kt (Qr עֵץ which see); construct id. 2 Kings 1; 2 Kings 3:17; 2 Kings 13:17; suffix חִצִּי Job 34:6, חִצּוֺ Psalm 58:8; Zechariah 9:14, חִצָּם Psalm 11:2; Psalm 64:4; Plural חִצִּים Genesis 49:23 + 17 times + 1 Samuel 20:38 Qr (Kt חֵ֫צִי which see) + 2 Samuel 22:15 (< חִצָּיו || Psalm 18:15); construct חִצֵּת Job 6:4; Psalm 120:4 + Ezekiel 5:16 (Co חִצַּי compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Hi); חִצַּי Deuteronomy 32:23, 42 (Ezekiel 5:16 see above), חִצֶּיךָ Psalm 38:3 + 4 times; חִצָּיו Isaiah 5:28 + 5 times; — arrow:
1. literally, shot from bow by hand 1 Samuel 20:20, 21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 20:22 (Greek Version of the LXX We singular, i.e. הַחֵצִי, in 1 Samuel 20:21; 1 Samuel 20:22, see also Dr) 1 Samuel 20:36; 1 Samuel 20:38 Qr 2 Kings 19:32＝Isaiah 37:33; Isaiah 5:28; Isaiah 7:24; Jeremiah 50:9, 14; Jeremiah 51:11; Ezekiel 39:3, 9; 1 Chronicles 12:2; shot from engine of war 2 Chronicles 26:15; used in divination Ezekiel 21:26 compare 2 Kings 13:15 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 13:17 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 13:18; בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּים＝archers Genesis 49:23.
2. figurative of Israel's weapons Numbers 24:8, of the (Messianic) king Psalm 45:6, of Yahweh's judgments Deuteronomy 32:23, 42; Job 6:4 (compare חִצִּי＝my wound Job 34:6), Psalm 7:14; Psalm 38:3; Psalm 58:8 (but on text compare Checritical note.) Psalm 64:8; Psalm 120:4 (? compare Che); further Proverbs 7:23; Lamentations 3:12; Ezekiel 5:16; in theoph. Psalm 18:15＝2 Samuel 22:15, compare Habakkuk 3:11; Zechariah 9:14; Psalm 144:6; of wicked men's violence Psalm 11:2; compare Psalm 91:5, under figure of lion's teeth Psalm 57:5; their words Psalm 64:4 compare Proverbs 25:18; Jeremiah 9:8; simile, of strength and efficiency derived from one's children, Psalm 127:4; of a deceiver's words Proverbs 26:18; metaphor of servant of בָּרוּר י׳ ח׳ Isaiah 49:2. — In 1 Samuel 17:7 read H6086 עֵץ (for חֵץ) as Qr and || 2 Samuel 21:19＝the shaft; see H6086 עֵץ; so Klo Dr.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:23; 49:23

Numbers

24:8

Deuteronomy

32:23; 32:23; 32:42; 32:42

1 Samuel

17:7; 17:7; 20:20; 20:20; 20:21; 20:21; 20:22; 20:22; 20:36; 20:38; 20:38

2 Samuel

21:19; 22:15; 22:15

2 Kings

1; 3:17; 13:15; 13:17; 13:17; 13:18; 19:32

1 Chronicles

12:2

2 Chronicles

26:15

Job

6:4; 6:4; 34:6; 34:6

Psalms

7:14; 11:2; 11:2; 18:15; 18:15; 38:3; 38:3; 45:6; 57:5; 58:8; 58:8; 64:4; 64:4; 64:8; 91:5; 91:5; 120:4; 120:4; 127:4; 144:6

Proverbs

7:23; 25:18; 26:18

Isaiah

5:28; 5:28; 7:24; 37:33; 49:2

Jeremiah

9:8; 50:9; 50:14; 51:11

Lamentations

3:12

Ezekiel

5:16; 5:16; 5:16; 21:26; 39:3; 39:9

Habakkuk

3:11

Zechariah

9:14; 9:14

H2671

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Strong's Number H2671 matches the Hebrew חֵץ (ḥēṣ),
which occurs 45 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:23 - He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 - It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:23 - I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make my arrows red with blood, my sword will be feasting on flesh, with the blood of the dead and the prisoners, of the long-haired heads of my haters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15 - And he sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:15 - Then Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows: and he took bow and arrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17 - Then he said; Let the window be open to the east: and he got it open. Then Elisha said, Let the arrow go; and he let it go. And he said, The Lord's arrow of salvation, of salvation over Aram; for you will overcome the Aramaeans in Aphek and put an end to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32 - For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4 - For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:6 - Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:13 - He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2 - See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:14 - He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:2 - For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:5 - Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:7 - But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:5 - You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:4 - Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:4 - Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:6 - With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:18 - As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 - For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:8 - His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 - For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - Put your armies in position against Babylon on every side, all you bowmen; let loose your arrows at her, not keeping any back: for she has done evil against the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12 - With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:16 - When I send on you the evil arrows of disease, causing destruction, which I will send to put an end to you; and, further, I will take away your necessary food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21 - For the king of Babylon took his place at the parting of the ways, at the top of the two roads, to make use of secret arts: shaking the arrows this way and that, he put questions to the images of his gods, he took note of the inner parts of dead beasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3 - And with a blow I will send your bow out of your left hand and your arrows falling from your right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - And those who are living in the towns of Israel will go out and make fires of the instruments of war, burning the body-covers and the breastplates, the bows and the arrows and the sticks and the spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:14 - And the Lord will be seen over them, and his arrow will go out like the thunder-flame: and the Lord God, sounding the war-horn, will go in the storm-winds of the South.
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