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Lexicon :: Strong's H2865 - ḥāṯaṯ

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חָתַת
Transliteration
ḥāṯaṯ
Pronunciation
khaw-thath'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 784

Strong’s Definitions

חָתַת châthath, khaw-thath'; a primitive root; properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear:—abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H2865 in the following manner: dismayed (27x), afraid (6x), break in pieces (6x), broken (3x), break down (2x), abolished (1x), affrighted (1x), amazed (1x), chapt (1x), confound (1x), discouraged (1x), go down (1x), beaten down (1x), scarest (1x), terrify (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H2865 in the following manner: dismayed (27x), afraid (6x), break in pieces (6x), broken (3x), break down (2x), abolished (1x), affrighted (1x), amazed (1x), chapt (1x), confound (1x), discouraged (1x), go down (1x), beaten down (1x), scarest (1x), terrify (1x).

  1. to be shattered, be dismayed, be broken, be abolished, be afraid

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be shattered, be broken

      2. to be dismayed

    2. (Niphal) to be broken, be dismayed

    3. (Piel) to be shattered, be dismayed, be scared

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to be dismayed

      2. to dismay, terrify

      3. to shatter

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָתַת châthath, khaw-thath'; a primitive root; properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear:—abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.
STRONGS H2865: Abbreviations
† [חָתַת] verb be shattered, dismayed (Assyrian ḫattu, terror, DlHWB 296; Talmud חִתִּית id.; Ethiopic ሐተተ፡ is scrutari, examinare, see DiLex, 105) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular חַת Jeremiah 50:2; 3rd person feminine singular חַ֫תָּה Jeremiah 14:4 + 2 times, וָחָ֑תָּה Jeremiah 48:1; 3rd person plural חַ֫תּוּ Isaiah 37:27 + 4 times, וְחַתּ֫וּ consecutive Isaiah 20:5 + 2 times, וָחָ֑תּוּ consecutive Jeremiah 50:36; Imperfect (Köi. 366) יֵחַת Isaiah 7:8; Isaiah 30:31, יֵחַ֑ת Job 39:22, יֵחָ֑ת Isaiah 31:4, אֵחַ֫תָּה Jeremiah 17:18, יֵחַ֫תּוּ 1 Samuel 2:10 + 3 times — On יֵּחַ֑תּוּ Job 21:13 see נָחַת; — תֵּחָ֑תּוּ Joshua 10:25 + 2 times, etc.; Imperative וָחֹ֫תּוּ Isaiah 8:9 (3 times in verse); —
1. be shattered, broken, figurative of nations under divine judgment Isaiah 7:8; Isaiah 30:31; so probably also Isaiah 8:9 (3 times in verse) (but strike out in Isaiah 8:9a), and perhaps (of י׳'s foes in general) 1 Samuel 2:10 (song; — others render dismayed in all except Isaiah 7:8); figurative of י׳'s righteousness Isaiah 51:6 (= be abolished, annihilated); literally of bows Jeremiah 51:56, according to Gie's reading חַתָּה, see Pi.
2. be dismayed, usually.
a. absolute: || יָרֵא Deuteronomy 1:21; Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 8:1; Joshua 10:25 (all D), 1 Samuel 17:11; Jeremiah 23:4; Jeremiah 30:10; Jeremiah 46:27; Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 3:9; 1 Chronicles 22:13; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 20:15, 17; 32:7; || בּוֺשׁ Isaiah 20:5; Isaiah 37:27＝2 Kings 19:26; Jeremiah 8:9; Jeremiah 17:18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:1, 20, 39; Jeremiah 50:2 (twice in verse) (others assign. Jeremiah 48:20, 39; Jeremiah 50:2 (twice in verse) to 1); figurative of the ground הָאֲדָמָה, dismayed for lack of rain Jeremiah 14:4 read probably with Duhm (after Greek Version of the LXX) Co Dr חַתּוּ וְעֹבְדֵ׳; (|| בּוֺשׁ of the husband-men); no || Jeremiah 50:36; Obadiah 9; Job 39:22.
b. be dismayed at, by reason of, followed by מִן Isaiah 31:4, 9; Isaiah 51:7 (|| יָרֵא) Jeremiah 1:17; Jeremiah 10:2 (twice in verse).
Niph. Perfect only 3rd person masculine singular וּמִפְּנֵי שְׁמִי נִחַת Malachi 2:5 and at my name he is put in awe (|| יָרֵא).
Pi. Perfect dismay, scare, 2nd person masculine singular suffix וְחִתַּתַּ֫נִי בַחֲלֹמוֺת (Köi. 372) consecutive Job 7:14 and thou scarest me with dreams (|| בִּעֵת); 3rd person feminine singular חִתְּתָה Jeremiah 51:56 (of bows) is intransitive [inchoate Ew§ 120, 2 d], Gf and others, be shattered, but text probably erroneous. Gie חַתָּה (see Qal 1).
Hiph. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הַחִתֹּתָ Isaiah 9:3; 1st person singular וְהַחְתַּתִּ֫י Jeremiah 49:37 (Köi. 372); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יְחִתֵּנִי Job 31:34, suffix 3rd person feminine plural יְחִיתַ֑ן Habakkuk 2:17 (Köi. 374; but Greek Version of the LXX Targum Syriac Version Ew Ol Sta We יְחִתֶּ֑ךָ); 1st person singular suffix אֲחִתְּךָ Jeremiah 1:17 (followed by לפניהם) —
1., shutter with accusative Isaiah 9:3.
2. a. cause to be dismayed Jeremiah 49:37 followed by לִפְנֵי.
b. dismay, terrify, followed by suffix Job 31:34; Habakkuk 2:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

1:21; 31:8

Joshua

8:1; 10:25; 10:25

1 Samuel

2:10; 2:10; 17:11

2 Kings

19:26

1 Chronicles

22:13; 28:20

2 Chronicles

20:15; 20:17; 32:7

Job

7:14; 21:13; 31:34; 31:34; 39:22; 39:22

Isaiah

7:8; 7:8; 7:8; 8:9; 8:9; 8:9; 9:3; 9:3; 20:5; 20:5; 30:31; 30:31; 31:4; 31:4; 31:9; 37:27; 37:27; 51:6; 51:7

Jeremiah

1:17; 1:17; 8:9; 10:2; 14:4; 14:4; 17:18; 17:18; 23:4; 30:10; 46:27; 48:1; 48:1; 48:20; 48:20; 48:39; 48:39; 49:37; 49:37; 50:2; 50:2; 50:2; 50:36; 50:36; 51:56; 51:56

Ezekiel

2:6; 3:9

Obadiah

1:9

Habakkuk

2:17; 2:17

Malachi

2:5

H2865

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2865 matches the Hebrew חָתַת (ḥāṯaṯ),
which occurs 51 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:21 - See, the LORD your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:8 - It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:9 - Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:1 - And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:25 - And Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous. For thus the LORD will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:11 - When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,
are dismayed and confounded,
and have become like plants of the field
and like tender grass,
like grass on the housetops,
blighted before it is grown.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:13 - Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the LORD God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:15 - And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you, ‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God’s.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:7 - “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there are more with us than with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:14 - then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 - because I stood in great fear of the multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:15 - “They are dismayed; they answer no more;
they have not a word to say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:22 - He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
he does not turn back from the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:9 - Be broken,[fn] you peoples, and be shattered;[fn]
give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
strap on your armor and be shattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - For the yoke of his burden,
and the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as on the day of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:31 - The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the LORD, when he strikes with his rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus the LORD said to me,
“As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey,
and when a band of shepherds is called out against him
he is not terrified by their shouting
or daunted at their noise,
so the LORD of hosts will come down
to fight[fn] on Mount Zion and on its hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - His rock shall pass away in terror,
and his officers desert the standard in panic,”
declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion,
and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,
are dismayed and confounded,
and have become like plants of the field
and like tender grass,
like grass on the housetops,
blighted[fn] before it is grown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6 - Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;[fn]
but my salvation will be forever,
and my righteousness will never be dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:7 - “Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is my law;
fear not the reproach of man,
nor be dismayed at their revilings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17 - But you, dress yourself for work;[fn] arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 - The wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed and taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD,
so what wisdom is in them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2 - Thus says the LORD:
“Learn not the way of the nations,
nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens
because the nations are dismayed at them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - Because of the ground that is dismayed,
since there is no rain on the land,
the farmers are ashamed;
they cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18 - Let those be put to shame who persecute me,
but let me not be put to shame;
let them be dismayed,
but let me not be dismayed;
bring upon them the day of disaster;
destroy them with double destruction!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:4 - I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:10 - “Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD,
nor be dismayed, O Israel;
for behold, I will save you from far away,
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and none shall make him afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:27 - “But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and none shall make him afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Concerning Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:
“Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste!
Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame and broken down;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:20 - Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
wail and cry!
Tell it beside the Arnon,
that Moab is laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 - I will terrify Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, my fierce anger, declares the LORD. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 - “Declare among the nations and proclaim,
set up a banner and proclaim,
conceal it not, and say:
‘Babylon is taken,
Bel is put to shame,
Merodach is dismayed.
Her images are put to shame,
her idols are dismayed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:36 - A sword against the diviners,
that they may become fools!
A sword against her warriors,
that they may be destroyed!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 - for a destroyer has come upon her,
upon Babylon;
her warriors are taken;
their bows are broken in pieces,
for the LORD is a God of recompense;
he will surely repay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:6 - And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions.[fn] Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:9 - Like emery harder than flint have I made your forehead. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:9 - And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman,
so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:17 - The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:5 - My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.
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