Strong's Hebrew · H2339

חוּט

chûwṭ · khoot

cord, fillet, line, thread.

Definition

a string; by implication, a measuring tape

Derivation

from an unused root probably meaning to sew;

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Joshua 2:18

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

Song of Solomon 4:3

Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Genesis 14:23

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

Judges 16:12

So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.

1 Kings 7:15

He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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