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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.
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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 when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut H2404 wood, and his hand [fn]swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the [fn]handle and [fn]strikes his friend so that he dies—he may flee 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 sojourner who is within your camps, from the one who chops H2404 your wood to the one who draws your water,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21 - So the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” Thus they became hewers H2404 of wood and drawers of water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - “So now, you are cursed, and [fn]you shall never be cut loose from being slaves, both hewers H2404 of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - But Joshua made them that day hewers H2404 of wood H2404 and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of Yahweh, 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 behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen H2404 who cut the timber, [fn]20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and [fn]20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:12 -

That our sons would be as grown-up plants in their youth,

And our daughters as corner pillars [fn]fashioned H2404 as for a palace;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 -

“Its sound moves along like a serpent;

For they move on [fn]like a military force

And come to her as woodcutters H2404 with axes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - “They will not carry wood from the field or gather H2404 firewood H2404 from the forests, for they will make fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoil of those who made them into spoil and seize the plunder of those who plundered them,” declares Lord Yahweh.
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