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Lexicon :: Strong's H2671 - ḥēṣ

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חֵץ
Transliteration
ḥēṣ
Pronunciation
khayts
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 721b

Strong’s Definitions

חֵץ chêts, khayts; from H2686; also by interchange for H6086 properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear:— archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x

The KJV translates Strong's H2671 in the following manner: arrow (48x), archers (with H1167) (1x), dart (1x), shaft (1x), wound (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x
The KJV translates Strong's H2671 in the following manner: arrow (48x), archers (with H1167) (1x), dart (1x), shaft (1x), wound (1x), variant (1x).

  1. arrow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵץ chêts, khayts; from H2686; also by interchange for H6086 properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear:— archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
STRONGS H2671: Abbreviations
† חֵץ noun masculine1 Samuel 20:20 arrow, mostly in poetry and prophets (compare חֵצִי above below חצה) — absolute ח׳ Psalm 91:5 + 9 times + 1 Samuel 17:7 Kt (Qr עֵץ which see); construct id. 2 Kings 1; 2 Kings 3:17; 2 Kings 13:17; suffix חִצִּי Job 34:6, חִצּוֺ Psalm 58:8; Zechariah 9:14, חִצָּם Psalm 11:2; Psalm 64:4; Plural חִצִּים Genesis 49:23 + 17 times + 1 Samuel 20:38 Qr (Kt חֵ֫צִי which see) + 2 Samuel 22:15 (< חִצָּיו || Psalm 18:15); construct חִצֵּת Job 6:4; Psalm 120:4 + Ezekiel 5:16 (Co חִצַּי compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Hi); חִצַּי Deuteronomy 32:23, 42 (Ezekiel 5:16 see above), חִצֶּיךָ Psalm 38:3 + 4 times; חִצָּיו Isaiah 5:28 + 5 times; — arrow:
1. literally, shot from bow by hand 1 Samuel 20:20, 21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 20:22 (Greek Version of the LXX We singular, i.e. הַחֵצִי, in 1 Samuel 20:21; 1 Samuel 20:22, see also Dr) 1 Samuel 20:36; 1 Samuel 20:38 Qr 2 Kings 19:32＝Isaiah 37:33; Isaiah 5:28; Isaiah 7:24; Jeremiah 50:9, 14; Jeremiah 51:11; Ezekiel 39:3, 9; 1 Chronicles 12:2; shot from engine of war 2 Chronicles 26:15; used in divination Ezekiel 21:26 compare 2 Kings 13:15 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 13:17 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 13:18; בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּים＝archers Genesis 49:23.
2. figurative of Israel's weapons Numbers 24:8, of the (Messianic) king Psalm 45:6, of Yahweh's judgments Deuteronomy 32:23, 42; Job 6:4 (compare חִצִּי＝my wound Job 34:6), Psalm 7:14; Psalm 38:3; Psalm 58:8 (but on text compare Checritical note.) Psalm 64:8; Psalm 120:4 (? compare Che); further Proverbs 7:23; Lamentations 3:12; Ezekiel 5:16; in theoph. Psalm 18:15＝2 Samuel 22:15, compare Habakkuk 3:11; Zechariah 9:14; Psalm 144:6; of wicked men's violence Psalm 11:2; compare Psalm 91:5, under figure of lion's teeth Psalm 57:5; their words Psalm 64:4 compare Proverbs 25:18; Jeremiah 9:8; simile, of strength and efficiency derived from one's children, Psalm 127:4; of a deceiver's words Proverbs 26:18; metaphor of servant of בָּרוּר י׳ ח׳ Isaiah 49:2. — In 1 Samuel 17:7 read H6086 עֵץ (for חֵץ) as Qr and || 2 Samuel 21:19＝the shaft; see H6086 עֵץ; so Klo Dr.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:23; 49:23

Numbers

24:8

Deuteronomy

32:23; 32:23; 32:42; 32:42

1 Samuel

17:7; 17:7; 20:20; 20:20; 20:21; 20:21; 20:22; 20:22; 20:36; 20:38; 20:38

2 Samuel

21:19; 22:15; 22:15

2 Kings

1; 3:17; 13:15; 13:17; 13:17; 13:18; 19:32

1 Chronicles

12:2

2 Chronicles

26:15

Job

6:4; 6:4; 34:6; 34:6

Psalms

7:14; 11:2; 11:2; 18:15; 18:15; 38:3; 38:3; 45:6; 57:5; 58:8; 58:8; 64:4; 64:4; 64:8; 91:5; 91:5; 120:4; 120:4; 127:4; 144:6

Proverbs

7:23; 25:18; 26:18

Isaiah

5:28; 5:28; 7:24; 37:33; 49:2

Jeremiah

9:8; 50:9; 50:14; 51:11

Lamentations

3:12

Ezekiel

5:16; 5:16; 5:16; 21:26; 39:3; 39:9

Habakkuk

3:11

Zechariah

9:14; 9:14

H2671

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Strong's Number H2671 matches the Hebrew חֵץ (ḥēṣ),
which occurs 43 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:23 - Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him, and the archers pressed hard upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 - God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall [fn]drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:23 - I will gather evils upon them, and will [fn]fight with my weapons against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make my weapons drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh, it shall glut itself with the blood of the wounded, and from the captivity of the [fn]heads of their enemies that rule over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15 - And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:15 - And Elisaie said to him, Take bow and [fn]arrows. And he took to himself a bow and arrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17 - And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. And Elisaie said, Shoot. And he shot. And Elisaie said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance [fn]from Syria; and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphec until thou have consumed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32 - Is it not so? Thus saith the Lord [fn]concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, and he shall not shoot [fn]an arrow there, neither shall a shield [fn]come against it, neither shall he heap a mound against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - and using the bow with the right hand and with the left, and slingers with stones, and shooters with bows. Of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4 - For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:6 - And he has erred in my judgment: my wound is severe without unrighteousness of mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:13 - (LXX 7:14) And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the [fn]raging ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2 - (LXX 10:2) For behold the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows for the quiver, to shoot [fn]privily at the upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:14 - (LXX 17:15) And he sent forth his weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:2 - (LXX 37:3) For thy weapons are fixed in me, and thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:5 - (LXX 44:6) Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee) they are in the heart of the king's enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - (LXX 56:5) and he has delivered my soul from the midst of lions' whelps: I lay down to sleep, though troubled. As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - (LXX 57:8) They shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - (LXX 63:4) who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:7 - (LXX 63:8) and God shall be exalted, their wounds were caused by the weapon of the foolish children,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:5 - (LXX 90:5) Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night; nor of the arrow flying by day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:4 - (LXX 119:4) Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:4 - (LXX 126:4) As arrows in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of those who were outcasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:6 - (LXX 143:6) Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:18 - As those who need correction put forth fair words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - Whose arrows are sharp, and their bows bent; their horses' hoofs are counted as solid rock: their chariot-wheels are as a storm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 - Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, nor cast a weapon against it, nor bring a shield against it, nor make a rampart round it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hid me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hid me in his quiver;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:8 - (LXX 9:7) Their tongue is a wounding arrow; the words of their mouth are deceitful: one speaks peaceably to his neighbour, but in himself retains enmity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 - (LXX 27:9) For, behold, I stir up against Babylon the gatherings of nations out of the land of the north; and they shall set themselves in array against her: thence shall she be taken, as the dart of an expert warrior shall not return empty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - (LXX 27:14) Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare not your arrows,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - (LXX 28:11) Prepare the arrows; fill the quivers: the Lord has stirred up the spirit of the king of the Medes: for his wrath is against Babylon, to destroy it utterly; for it is the Lord's vengeance, it is the vengeance of his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12 - He. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:16 - And when I have sent against them shafts of famine, then they shall be consumed, and I will break the strength of thy bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21 - (LXX 21:26) For the king of Babylon shall stand on the old way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination, to make bright the arrow, and to enquire of the graven images, and to examine the victims.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3 - And I will destroy thy bow out of thy left hand, and thine arrows out of thy right hand, and I will cast thee down on the mountains of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - And they that inhabit the cities of Israel shall come forth, and make a fire with the arms, the shields and spears, and bows and arrows, and hand-staves, and lances, and they shall keep fire burning with them for seven years:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: thy darts shall go forth at the light, at the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:14 - And the Lord shall be over them, and his arrow shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord Almighty shall blow with the trumpet; and shall proceed with the tumult of his threatening.
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