Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2339 - חוּט chut (thread)

Original Word:	חוּט
Transliteration:	chut
Definition:	thread, cord, line
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(khoot)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cord, fillet, line, thread

From an unused root probably meaning to sew; a string; by implication, a measuring tape -- cord, fillet, line, thread.

Englishman's Concordance

1) a thread, cord, line, string
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root probably meaning to sew
Same Word by TWOT Number: 621a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חוּטnoun masculine^{Joshua 2:18}thread, cord, line (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic

, Aramaic

, חוּטָא) — ׳ח absolute Genesis 14:23 2t.; construct Joshua 2:18+ 3t.; —

1thread, as easily broken Judges 16:12 (simile); as composing a rope or cord; הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה׳תִּקְוַת חJoshua 2:18 (JE) this cord of scarlet thread (literally the cord of this thread of scarlet); probably also מִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרוֺךְ נַעַלGenesis 14:23from a thread to a sandal-thong; in simile ׳כְּחהַשָּׁנִיSongs 4:3like a thread of scarlet are thy lips.

2cord, הַמְּשֻׁלָּשׁ׳הַחEcclesiastes 4:12a three-fold cord.

3line, as measure of length 1 Kings 7:15and a line of twelve cubits surrounded (i.e. would surround) it (compare קָו1 Kings 7:23), so Jeremiah 52:21.

חִוִּי see below II. חוה.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2339. חוּט (chut) — 7 Occurrences

Genesis 14:23
HEB: אִם־ מִחוּט֙ וְעַ֣ד שְׂרֽוֹךְ־
NAS: that I will not take a thread or a sandal
KJV: That I will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet,
INT: will not A thread against thong

Joshua 2:18
HEB:אֶת־ תִּקְוַ֡ת חוּט֩ הַשָּׁנִ֨י הַזֶּ֜ה
NAS: of scarlet thread in the window
KJV: of scarlet thread in the window
INT: the land cord thread of scarlet this

Judges 16:12
HEB:מֵעַ֥ל זְרֹעֹתָ֖יו כַּחֽוּט׃
NAS: the ropes from his arms like a thread.
KJV: them from off his arms like a thread.
INT: from his arms A thread

1 Kings 7:15
HEB:הָעַמּ֣וּד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְחוּט֙ שְׁתֵּים־ עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה
NAS: pillar, and a line of twelve
KJV: apiece: and a line of twelve
INT: pillar of one line of both ten

Ecclesiastes 4:12
HEB:יַעַמְד֣וּ נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְהַחוּט֙ הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ לֹ֥א
NAS: can resist him. A cord of three
KJV: him; and a threefold cord is not quickly
INT: shall withstand him A cord of three is not

Songs 4:3
HEB: כְּח֤וּט הַשָּׁנִי֙ שִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִךְ
NAS: are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth
KJV: Thy lips [are] like a thread of scarlet,
INT:thread A scarlet your lips

Jeremiah 52:21
HEB:הָעַמֻּ֣ד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְח֛וּט שְׁתֵּים־ עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה
KJV: cubits; and a fillet of twelve
INT: pillar of each fillet both ten

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