H2339 - חוּט (chûwṭ)

H2339 חוּט (chûwṭ) khoot

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

thread

Strong's Definition

a string; by implication, a measuring tape

Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to sew;

KJV Usage: cord, fillet, line, thread.

TWOT Reference: 621a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) a thread, cord, line, string

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

a thread, cord, line, string

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חוּט chûṭ BDB Definition: 1) a thread, cord, line, string Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root probably meaning to sew Same Word by TWOT Number: 621a Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (6)

14:23

2:18

16:12

7:15

4:12

52:21

Genesis 14:23

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, I {have made} Abram rich.

Joshua 2:18

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord... in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought... your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

Judges 16:12

So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out,... Samson, the Philistines are here! But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like [they were] threads.

1 Kings 7:15

He cast two pillars of bronze -, each eighteen... cubits high and twelve... cubits in circumference.......

Ecclesiastes 4:12

And though one may be overpowered, two can resist -. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Jeremiah 52:21

Each pillar [was] eighteen... cubits tall... and twelve... cubits in circumference; [each] was hollow, four fingers thick.