Strong's Hebrew · H2686

H2686 châtsats

חָצַץ

khaw-tsats'

to divide

Looking for Greek G2686 katasophízomai? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H2686. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

châtsats appears 3 times in Scripture, in Judges 5:11, Job 21:21 and Proverbs 30:27. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

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

In the King James Version

archer, × bands, cut off in the midst.

Derivation

a primitive root (compare H2673 (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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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).

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