חָטַב
châṭab · khaw-tab'
to chop or carve wood
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to chop or carve wood
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cut down, hew(-er), polish.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to surround and contain › the house, what is within
To separate and protect that works to surround and contain of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָטַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to hew1 · 11%
- from the hewer1 · 11%
- but let them be hewers1 · 11%
- and hewers1 · 11%
- hewers1 · 11%
- the hewers1 · 11%
- polished1 · 11%
- as hewers1 · 11%
- neither cut down1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.