Strong's Hebrew · H2686

חָצַץ

châtsats · khaw-tsats'

archer, [idiom] bands, cut off in the midst.

Definition

properly, to chop into, pierce or sever; hence, to curtail, to distribute (into ranks); to shoot an arrow

Derivation

a primitive root (compare H2673 (חָצָה)lemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה); also as denominative from H2671 (חֵץ)

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Proverbs 30:27

the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;

Job 21:21

For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

Judges 5:11

the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:

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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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