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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 a man goes to the woods with his neighbor to cut timber, and his hand swings a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he shall 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 and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from the one who cuts 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 rulers said to them, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the rulers had promised them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - “Now therefore, you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, in the place which He would choose, even to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - And indeed I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, twenty thousand kors of ground wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:12 - That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - Her noise shall go like a serpent,
For they shall march with an army
And come against her with axes,
Like those who chop wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - “They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,” says the Lord GOD.
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