King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2671
Transliteration: chets
Phonetic Spelling: (khayts)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: arrow
Meaning: a piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear
Word Summary
chets: arrow
Original Word: חֵץTransliteration: chets
Phonetic Spelling: (khayts)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: arrow
Meaning: a piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear
Strong's Concordance
archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound From chatsats; properly, a piercer, i.e. An arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; (by interchange for ets) the shaft of a spear -- + archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
see HEBREW chatsats
see HEBREW ets
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2671. chets
חֵץ noun masculine1 Samuel 20:20 arrow, mostly in poetry and prophets (compare חֵצִי above below חצה) — absolute ׳ח Psalm 91:5 9t. + 1 Samuel 17:7 Kt (Qr עֵץ q. v.); construct id. 2 Kings 1; 2 Kings 3:17; 13:17; suffix חִצִּי Job 34:6, חִצּוֺ Psalm 58:8; Zechariah 9:14, חִצָּם Psalm 11:2; 64:4; Plural חִצִּים Genesis 49:23 17t. + 1 Samuel 20:38 Qr (Kt חֵ֫צִי q. v.) + 2 Samuel 22:15 (< חִצָּיו "" Psalm 18:15); construct חִצֵּת Job 6:4; Psalm 120:4 + Ezekiel 5:16 (Co חִצַּי compare ᵑ6 ᵐ5 Hi); חִצַּי Deuteronomy 32:23, 42 (Ezekiel 5:16 see above), חִצֶּיךָ Psalm 38:3-4t.; חִצָּיו Isaiah 5:28 5t.; — arrow:
1 literally, shot from bow by hand 1 Samuel 20:20-21, (twice in verse); 20:22 (ᵐ5 We singular, i.e. הַחֵצִי, in 20:21; 20:22, see also Dr) 20:36; 20:38 Qr 2 Kings 19:32 = Isaiah 37:33; 5:28; 7:24; Jeremiah 50:9, 14; 51:11; Ezekiel 39:3, 9; 1 Chronicles 12:2; shot from engine of war 2 Chronicles 26:15; used in divination Ezekiel 21:26 compare 2 Kings 13:15 (twice in verse); 13:17 (twice in verse); 13:18; חִצִּים בַּעֲלֵי = archers Genesis 49:23.
2 figurative of Israel's weapons Numbers 24:8, of the (Messianic) king Psalm 45:6, of Yahweh's judgments Deuteronomy 32:23, 42; Job 6:4 (compare חִצִּי = my wound 34:6), Psalm 7:14; 38:3; 58:8 (but on text compare Checritical note.) 64:8; 120:4 (? compare Che); further Proverbs 7:23; Lamentations 3:12; Ezekiel 5:16; in theoph. Psalm 18:15 = 2 Samuel 22:15, compare Habakkuk 3:11; Zechariah 9:14; Psalm 144:6; of wicked men's violence 11:2; compare 91:5, under figure of lion's teeth 57:5; their words 64:4 compare Proverbs 25:18; Jeremiah 9:8; simile, of strength and efficiency derived from one's children, Psalm 127:4; of a deceiver's words Proverbs 26:18; metaphor of servant of ׳ח י ׳בָּרוּר Isaiah 49:2. — In 1 Samuel 17:7 read עֵץ (for חֵץ) as Qr and "" 2 Samuel 21:19 = the shaft; see עֵץ; so Klo Dr.