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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 take H3947 a thread H2339 or a sandal H5275 strap H8288 or anything H3605 that is yours, so that you do not say H559, ‘I have made H6238 Abram H87 rich H6238.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - [fn]unless H2009, when we come H935 into the land H776, you tie H7194 this H2088 cord H8615 of scarlet H8144 thread H2339 in the window H2474 through which H834 you let H3381 us down H3381, and gather H622 into your house H1004 your father H1, your mother H517, your brothers H251, and all H3605 your father’s H1 household H1004.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - So Delilah H1807 took H3947 new H2319 ropes H5688 and bound H631 him with them and said H559 to him, “The Philistines H6430 are upon you, Samson H8123!” For the men in the ambush H693 were waiting H3427 in the inner H2315 room H2315. But he tore H5423 [fn]the ropes from his arms H2220 like thread H2339.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 -

He fashioned H6696 the two H8147 pillars H5982 of bronze H5178; [fn]eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits H520 was the height H6967 of [fn]each H259 pillar H5982, and a line H2339 of [fn]twelve H8147 H6240 cubits H520 [fn]measured H5437 the H5437 circumference H5437 of both H8147.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if H518 [fn]one can overpower H8630 him who is alone H259, two H8147 can resist H5975 H5048 him. A cord H2339 of H8027 three H8027 strands is not quickly H4120 torn H5423 apart H5423.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 -

“Your lips H8193 are like a scarlet H8144 thread H2339,

And your mouth H4057 is beautiful H5000.

Your temples H7541 are like a slice H6400 of a pomegranate H7416

Behind H4480 H1157 your veil H6777.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:21 - As for the pillars H5982, the height H6967 of each H259 pillar H5982 was [fn]eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits H520, and [fn]it was twelve H8147 H6240 cubits H520 in circumference H5437 H2339 and four H702 fingers H676 in thickness H5672, and hollow H5014.
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