H2671 - חֵץ (chêts)

H2671 חֵץ (chêts) khayts

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

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Strong's Definition

properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear

Derivation: from H2686 (חָצַץ); also by interchange for H6086 (עֵץ)

KJV Usage: [phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.

TWOT Reference: 721b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) arrow

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G956 G1002 G5115

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֵץ chêts BDB Definition: 1) arrow Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2686 Same Word by TWOT Number: 721b Total KJV Occurrences: 52

Bible Occurrences (50)

49:23

24:8

32:23 32:42

17:7 20:20 20:21 20:22 20:36

22:15

13:15 13:17 13:18 19:32

12:2

26:15

6:4 34:6

7:13 11:2 18:14 38:2 45:5 57:4 58:7 64:3 64:7 77:17 91:5 120:4 127:4 144:6

7:23 25:18 26:18

5:28 7:24 37:33 49:2

9:8 50:9 50:14 51:11

3:12

5:16 21:21 39:3 39:9

3:11

9:14

Genesis 49:23

The archers... attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

Numbers 24:8

God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.

Deuteronomy 32:23

I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.

1 Samuel 17:7

The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point [weighed] six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer... went before him.

1 Samuel 20:20

I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.

1 Samuel 20:21

Then I will send a boy [and say], Go, find the arrows! Now, if I expressly say... to him, Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them, then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.

1 Samuel 20:22

But if I say to the young man, Look, the arrows [are] beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.