חִטָּה
chiṭṭâh · khit-taw'
wheat, whether the grain or the plant
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
wheat, whether the grain or the plant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: wheat(-en).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to surround and contain › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect that works to surround and contain that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חִטָּה 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
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of wheat10 · 33%
- wheat7 · 23%
- of the wheat2 · 7%
- but the wheat1 · 3%
- of wheaten1 · 3%
- and of wheat1 · 3%
- their wheat1 · 3%
- is it not wheat1 · 3%
- and wheat1 · 3%
- and the wheat1 · 3%
- now therefore the wheat1 · 3%
- instead of wheat1 · 3%
- thou also unto thee wheat1 · 3%
- for the wheat1 · 3%
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.