חֵץ
chêts · khayts
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2686 (חָצַץ); also by interchange for H6086 (עֵץ)
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
- properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow
- by implication, a wound
- figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt
- the shaft of aspear
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to pursue the straight path
To separate and protect that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֵץ 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
53 occurrences · 53 OT · 0 NT · 43 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- arrows6 · 15%
- the arrows4 · 10%
- and arrows3 · 8%
- behold, the arrows2 · 5%
- an arrow2 · 5%
- his arrows2 · 5%
- thine arrows2 · 5%
- the archers1 · 3%
- them through with his arrows1 · 3%
- mine arrows1 · 3%
- i will make mine arrows1 · 3%
- and the staff1 · 3%
- now the arrows1 · 3%
- the arrow1 · 3%
- and the arrow1 · 3%
- and shooting arrows1 · 3%
- for the arrows1 · 3%
- my wound1 · 3%
- their arrow1 · 3%
- for thine arrows1 · 3%
- his bow to shoot his arrows1 · 3%
- their bows to shoot their arrows1 · 3%
- at them with an arrow1 · 3%
- nor for the arrow1 · 3%
- as arrows1 · 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.