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Lexicon :: Strong's H2864 - ḥāṯar

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חָתַר
Transliteration
ḥāṯar
Pronunciation
khaw-thar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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 Box Job 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:8 - and He saith unto me, 'Son of man, dig, I pray thee, through the wall;' and I dig through the wall, and lo, an opening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:5 - Before their eyes dig for thee through the wall, and thou hast brought forth by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:7 - And I do so, as I have been commanded; my vessels I have brought forth as vessels of removal by day, and at even I have dug for me through the wall with the hand; in the darkness I have brought forth, on the shoulder I have borne away, before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12 - As to the prince who is in their midst, on the shoulder he beareth in the darkness, and he goeth forth, through the wall they dig to bring forth by it, his face he covereth, that he may not look on the very surface of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:2 - If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:13 - And the men row to turn back unto the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more tempestuous against them.
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