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Lexicon :: Strong's H2404 - ḥāṭaḇ

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חָטַב
Transliteration
ḥāṭaḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-tab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 639

Strong’s Definitions

חָטַב châṭab, khaw-tab'; a primitive root; to chop or carve wood:—cut down, hew(-er), polish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H2404 in the following manner: hew (7x), cut down (1x), polished (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H2404 in the following manner: hew (7x), cut down (1x), polished (1x).

  1. to cut, gather

    1. (Qal) to cut, gather (wood)

    2. (Pual) to cut, carve

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָטַב châṭab, khaw-tab'; a primitive root; to chop or carve wood:—cut down, hew(-er), polish.
STRONGS H2404: Abbreviations
† I. [חָטַב] verb cut or gather wood, usually firewood (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic حَطَبً firewood, حَطَبَ collect firewood (see Wetzst in DePsalm 144:12); Ethiopic ሐጠበ፡ cut (or gather) firewood) —
Qal Imperfect יַחְטְבוּ Ezekiel 39:10; Infinitive לַחְטֹב Deuteronomy 19:5; Participle חֹטֵב Deuteronomy 29:10; plural חֹטְבִים 2 Chronicles 2:9; construct חֹטְבֵי Joshua 9:21 + 3 times; passive plural feminine חֲטֻבוֺת Proverbs 7:16 — cut or gather wood, followed by accusative Deuteronomy 19:5; Deuteronomy 29:10 (|| שׁאב מים); compare Ezekiel 39:10 מןהֿיערים (object in preceding clause); 2 Chron 2:9 (|| כֹּרְתֵי הָעֵצִים); Participle construct עצים ח׳ Jeremiah 46:22, and (|| שֹׁאֲבֵי מַיִם) Joshua 9:21, 23, 27.
Pu. Participle מְחֻטָּבוֺת Psalm 144:12 meaning dubious; perhaps hewn (so, in substance, Thes MV SS Ew Che Bae; see however II. חטב), of corner-pillars (זָוִיּוֺת see זָוִית above), simile of beautiful, stately daughters.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

19:5; 19:5; 29:10; 29:10

Joshua

9:21; 9:21; 9:23; 9:27

2 Chronicles

2:9; 2:9

Psalms

144:12; 144:12

Proverbs

7:16

Jeremiah

46:22

Ezekiel

39:10; 39:10

H2404

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Strong's Number H2404 matches the Hebrew חָטַב (ḥāṭaḇ),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - as when someone goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:11 - your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21 - And the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, just as the leaders had said of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - But Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place that he should choose.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - I will give for your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, 20,000 cors[fn] of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths[fn] of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:12 - May our sons in their youth
be like plants full grown,
our daughters like corner pillars
cut for the structure of a palace;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - “She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away;
for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
like those who fell trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for they will make their fires of the weapons. They will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
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