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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 - For instance, a man may go into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and as he swings his ax to fell a tree, the head may fly off and hit his neighbor and kill him. That man may flee to one of these cities and save his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:11 - together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21 - They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers in the service of the whole assembly.” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - You are now under a curse: You will never be released from service as 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 - That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the LORD at the place the LORD would choose. And that is what they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors[fn] of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors[fn] of barley, twenty thousand baths[fn] of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:12 - Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent as the enemy advances in force; they will come against her with axes, like men who cut down trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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