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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:23 - that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Avram rich.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall gather to you into the house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, The Pelishtim are on you, Shimshon. The liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. He broke them off his arms like a thread.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 - For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 - Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:21 - As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness of it was four fingers: it was hollow.
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