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Lexicon :: Strong's H2864 - ḥāṯar

Aa
חָתַר
Transliteration
ḥāṯar
Pronunciation
khaw-thar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 783

Strong’s Definitions

חָתַר châthar, khaw-thar'; a primitive root; to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars:—dig (through), row.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H2864 in the following manner: dig (7x), row (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H2864 in the following manner: dig (7x), row (1x).

  1. to dig, row

    1. (Qal)

      1. to dig (into houses - of burglary)

      2. to row (in water)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָתַר châthar, khaw-thar'; a primitive root; to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars:—dig (through), row.
STRONGS H2864: Abbreviations
† חָתַר verb dig, row (Late Hebrew id., bore (through), so Aramaic חֲתַר Targum (rare)) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Job 24:16, חָתַרְתִּי Ezekiel 12:7; Imperfect וָאֶחְתֹּר Ezekiel 8:8, יַחְתְּרוּ Ezekiel 12:12; Amos 9:2, וַיַּחְתְּרוּ Jonah 1:13; Imperative חֲתָרֿ Ezekiel 8:8; Ezekiel 12:5; —
1. dig into houses, with accusative בָּתִּים Job 24:16 (of burglary); followed by בְּ into or through a wall Ezekiel 8:8 (twice in verse) (Co strike out on internal grounds), Ezekiel 12:5, 7, 12; metaphor followed by בשׁאול Amos 9:2 dig into She'ôl, i.e. as a refuge.
2. row (as digging into the water) Jonah 1:13.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

24:16; 24:16

Ezekiel

8:8; 8:8; 8:8; 12:5; 12:5; 12:7; 12:7; 12:12; 12:12

Amos

9:2; 9:2

Jonah

1:13; 1:13

H2864

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2864 matches the Hebrew חָתַר (ḥāṯar),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 -

“In the darkness H2822 they dig H2864 into houses H1004,

They shut H2856 themselves up H2856 by day H3119;

They do not know H3045 the light H216.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:8 - And He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man H120, now H4994 dig H2864 through the wall H7023.” So I dug H2864 through the wall H7023, and behold H2009, an entrance H6607.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:5 - “Dig H2864 a hole through the wall H7023 in their sight H5869 and [fn]go H3318 out H3318 through it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:7 -

Then I did H6213 so H3651, just H834 as H834 I had been commanded H6680. By day H3119 I brought H3318 out H3318 my baggage H3627 like the baggage H3627 of an exile H1473. Then in the evening H6153 I dug H2864 through the wall H7023 with my hands H3027; I went H3318 out H3318 in the dark H5939 and carried H5375 the baggage on my shoulder H3802 in their sight H5869.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12 - “The prince H5387 who H834 is among H8432 them will load H5375 his baggage on his shoulder H3802 in the dark H5939 and go H3318 out H3318. [fn]They will dig H2864 a hole through the wall H7023 to bring H3318 it out H3318 through it. He will cover H3680 his face H6440 so H3282 H834 that he cannot see H7200 the land H776 with his eyes H5869.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:2 -

“Though H518 they dig H2864 into Sheol H7585,

From there H8033 My hand H3027 will take H3947 them;

And though H518 they ascend H5927 to heaven H8064,

From there H8033 I will bring H3381 them down H3381.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:13 - However, the men H376 [fn]rowed H2864 desperately to return H7725 to land H3004, but they could H3201 not, because H3588 the sea H3220 was becoming H1980 even stormier H5590 against H5921 them.
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