TBESH · H2404
חָטַב · cha.tav · to chop
1) to cut, gather 1a) (Qal) to cut, gather (wood) 1b) (Pual) to cut, carve
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cha.tav H2404
חָטַב (cha.tav) means “to chop” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חָטַב Hebrew · H2404 9 tagged occurrences in 9 verses
Pronunciation guide: khaw-tab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to chop or carve wood
KJV glosses: cut down, hew(-er), polish.
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How translators render H2404
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| woodcutters | 2 |
| as woodcutters | 1 |
| carved | 1 |
| like woodsmen cutting down trees | 1 |
| or cut it | 1 |
| the woodcutters | 1 |
| to cut | 1 |
| who cut | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and hewers | 1 |
| as hewers | 1 |
| but let them be hewers | 1 |
| from the hewer | 1 |
| hewers | 1 |
| neither cut down | 1 |
| polished | 1 |
| the hewers | 1 |
| to hew | 1 |
Verses containing H2404
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- Deuteronomy 19:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 29:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.10
- Joshua 9:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
Read word by word - Joshua 9:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
Read word by word - Joshua 9:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 2:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.9
- Psalms 144:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 46:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 39:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
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