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Lexicon :: Strong's H2339 - ḥûṭ

Aa
חוּט
Transliteration
ḥûṭ
Pronunciation
khoot
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to sew
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 621a

Strong’s Definitions

חוּט chûwṭ, khoot; from an unused root probably meaning to sew; a string; by implication, a measuring tape:—cord, fillet, line, thread.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2339 in the following manner: thread (4x), line (1x), cord (1x), fillet (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2339 in the following manner: thread (4x), line (1x), cord (1x), fillet (1x).

  1. a thread, cord, line, string

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חוּט chûwṭ, khoot; from an unused root probably meaning to sew; a string; by implication, a measuring tape:—cord, fillet, line, thread.
STRONGS H2339: Abbreviations
† חוּט noun masculineJoshua 2:18 thread, cord, line (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic خَيْطً, Aramaic aXJuvo, חוּטָא) — ח׳ absolute Genesis 14:23 + 2 times; construct Joshua 2:18+ 3 times; —
1. thread, as easily broken Judges 16:12 (simile); as composing a rope or cord; הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה תִּקְוַת ח׳ Joshua 2:18 (JE) this cord of scarlet thread (literally the cord of this thread of scarlet); probably also מִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרוֺךְ נַעַל Genesis 14:23 from a thread to a sandal-thong; in simile כְּח׳ הַשָּׁנִי Songs 4:3 like a thread of scarlet are thy lips.
2. cord, הַמְּשֻׁלָּשׁ הַח׳ Ecclesiastes 4:12 a three-fold cord.
3. line, as measure of length 1 Kings 7:15 and a line of twelve cubits surrounded (i.e. would surround) it (compare קָו 1 Kings 7:23), so Jeremiah 52:21.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:23; 14:23

Joshua

2:18; 2:18; 2:18

Judges

16:12

1 Kings

7:15; 7:23

Ecclesiastes

4:12

Song of Songs

4:3

Jeremiah

52:21

H2339

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2339 matches the Hebrew חוּט (ḥûṭ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:23 - That I will not H518 take from a thread H2339 even to H5704 a shoelatchet, H8288 H5275 and that H518➔ I will H3947➔ not ➔H518 take ➔H3947 any thing H3605 that H834 is thine, lest H3808 thou shouldest say, H559 I H589 have made H6238➔ Abram H87 rich: ➔H6238

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - Behold, H2009 when we H587 come H935 into the land, H776 thou shalt bind H7194 this H2088 line H8615 of scarlet H8144 thread H2339 in the window H2474 which H834 thou didst let us down H3381 by: and H853 thou shalt bring H622 thy father, H1 and H853 thy mother, H517 and H853 thy brethren, H251 and H853 all H3605 thy father's H1 household, H1004 home H1004 unto thee. H413

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - Delilah H1807 therefore took H3947 new H2319 ropes, H5688 and bound him H631 therewith, and said H559 unto him, H413 The Philistines H6430 be upon thee, H5921 Samson. H8123 And there were liers in wait H693 abiding H3427 in the chamber. H2315 And he brake them H5423 from off H5921 his arms H2220 like a thread. H2339

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 - For he cast H6696 two H8147 pillars H5982 of brass, H5178 of eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits H520 high H6967 apiece: H5982 H259 and a line H2339 of twelve H8147 H6240 cubits H520 did compass H5437➔ either H8145 of them ➔H5982 about. ➔H5437

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if H518 one H259 prevail against him, H8630 two H8147 shall withstand H5975 him; H5048 and a H2339➔ threefold H8027 cord ➔ H2339 is H5423➔ not H3808 quickly H4120 broken. ➔H5423

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 - Thy lips H8193 are like a thread H2339 of scarlet, H8144 and thy speech H4057 is comely: H5000 thy temples H7541 are like a piece H6400 of a pomegranate H7416 within H1157 thy locks. H6777

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:21 - And concerning the pillars, H5982 the H5982➔ height H6967 of ➔H5982➔ one H259 pillar ➔H5982 was eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits; H520 and a fillet H2339 of twelve H8147 H6240 cubits H520 did compass it; H5437 and the thickness thereof H5672 was four H702 fingers: H676 it was hollow. H5014
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