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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - as [for example] when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, but the iron head slips off the wooden handle and hits his companion and he dies—the offender may escape to one of these cities and live;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:11 - your little ones, your wives, and the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is in your camps, from [fn]the one who chops and gathers your firewood to the one who draws your water—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21 - The leaders said to them, “Let them live [as our slaves].” So they became the cutters and gatherers of firewood and water carriers for the entire congregation, just as the leaders had said of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - “Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall always be slaves, both cutters and gatherers of firewood and water carriers for the house of my God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - Now on that day Joshua made them cutters and gatherers of firewood and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place which He would choose.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - “And I will give to your servants who cut timber, 20,000 [fn]measures of crushed wheat and 20,000 measures of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of [olive] oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:12 -

Let our sons in their youth be like plants full grown,

And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 -

“The sound [of Egypt fleeing from the enemy] is like [the rustling of] an escaping serpent,

For her foes advance with a mighty army

And come against her like woodcutters with axes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - “They will not take any wood from the field or cut down and gather [any] firewood from the forests, because they will make their fires using the weapons. And they will take the spoil from those who despoiled them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them,” says the Lord GOD.
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