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Lexicon :: Strong's H2339 - ḥûṭ

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חוּט
Transliteration
ḥûṭ
Pronunciation
khoot
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to sew
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TWOT Reference: 621a

Strong’s Definitions

חוּט chûwṭ, khoot; from an unused root probably meaning to sew; a string; by implication, a measuring tape:—cord, fillet, line, thread.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2339 in the following manner: thread (4x), line (1x), cord (1x), fillet (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2339 in the following manner: thread (4x), line (1x), cord (1x), fillet (1x).

  1. a thread, cord, line, string

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חוּט chûwṭ, khoot; from an unused root probably meaning to sew; a string; by implication, a measuring tape:—cord, fillet, line, thread.
STRONGS H2339: Abbreviations
† חוּט noun masculineJoshua 2:18 thread, cord, line (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic خَيْطً, Aramaic aXJuvo, חוּטָא) — ח׳ absolute Genesis 14:23 + 2 times; construct Joshua 2:18+ 3 times; —
1. thread, as easily broken Judges 16:12 (simile); as composing a rope or cord; הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה תִּקְוַת ח׳ Joshua 2:18 (JE) this cord of scarlet thread (literally the cord of this thread of scarlet); probably also מִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרוֺךְ נַעַל Genesis 14:23 from a thread to a sandal-thong; in simile כְּח׳ הַשָּׁנִי Songs 4:3 like a thread of scarlet are thy lips.
2. cord, הַמְּשֻׁלָּשׁ הַח׳ Ecclesiastes 4:12 a three-fold cord.
3. line, as measure of length 1 Kings 7:15 and a line of twelve cubits surrounded (i.e. would surround) it (compare קָו 1 Kings 7:23), so Jeremiah 52:21.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:23; 14:23

Joshua

2:18; 2:18; 2:18

Judges

16:12

1 Kings

7:15; 7:23

Ecclesiastes

4:12

Song of Songs

4:3

Jeremiah

52:21

H2339

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2339 matches the Hebrew חוּט (ḥûṭ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:23

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“that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you can never say, ‘I made Abram rich.’

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“unless, when we enter the land, you tie this scarlet cord to the window through which you let us down. Bring your father, mother, brothers, and all your father’s family into your house.

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Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and shouted, “Samson, the Philistines are here! ” But while the men in ambush were waiting in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.

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He cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet[fn] high and 18 feet[fn] in circumference.[fn]

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And if someone overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not easily broken.

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Your lips are like a scarlet cord,

and your mouth[fn] is lovely.

Behind your veil,

your brow[fn] is like a slice of pomegranate.

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One pillar was 27 feet[fn] tall, had a circumference of 18 feet,[fn] was hollow ​— ​four fingers thick ​— ​

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