Strong's Hebrew · H2673
H2673 châtsâh
חָצָה
khaw-tsaw'
to divide
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châtsâh appears 15 times in Scripture, including Genesis 32:7 and Exodus 21:35. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to cut or split in two; to halve
In the King James Version
divide, × live out half, reach to the midst, participle
Derivation
a primitive root (compare H2086 (זֵד)));
Appears 15 times in Scripture
“Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.”
“Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.”
“And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.”
“So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.”
“From the Israelites’ half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,”
“And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.”
“In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.”
“If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.”
“Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
