Help QuickNav Adv. Options
AMP

AMP

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H2747 - ḥereṭ

Choose a new font size and typeface
חֶרֶט
Transliteration
ḥereṭ
Pronunciation
kheh'-ret
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primitive root meaning to engrave
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 738a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶרֶט chereṭ, kheh'-ret; from a primitive root meaning to engrave; a chisel or graver; also a style for writing:—graving tool, pen.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H2747 in the following manner: graving tool (1x), pen (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H2747 in the following manner: graving tool (1x), pen (1x).

  1. an engraving tool, stylus, chisel, graving tool

    1. graving tool

    2. stylus

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶרֶט chereṭ, kheh'-ret; from a primitive root meaning to engrave; a chisel or graver; also a style for writing:—graving tool, pen.
STRONGS H2747: Abbreviations
† חֶ֫רֶט noun [masculine] graving-tool, stylus —
1. graving-tool, with which Aaron fashioned (וַיָּצַר) the molten calf Exodus 32:4 (E).
2. stylus, for writing on tablet (גִּלָּיוֺן): כְּתֹב עָלָיו בְּחֶרֶט אֱנוֺשׁ Isaiah 8:1 write on it with a man's (i.e. an ordinary) stylus ＝in common characters, intelligible to all (see BenzArchaeology 290).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

32:4

Isaiah

8:1

H2747

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2747 matches the Hebrew חֶרֶט (ḥereṭ),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4 - And he took the gold from their hands, and fashioned it with an engraving tool and made it into a molten [fn]calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:1 -

Then the LORD said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet [for public display] and write on it in ordinary characters: Belonging to [fn]Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
AMP
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
AMP
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan