חָתַת
châthath · khaw-thath'
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
- properly, to prostrate
- hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign › the mark, the covenant sign
To separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָתַת 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
52 occurrences · 52 OT · 0 NT · 42 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- not, nor be dismayed4 · 12%
- they were dismayed3 · 9%
- nor dismayed2 · 6%
- yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces2 · 6%
- and be not dismayed2 · 6%
- not, neither be discouraged1 · 3%
- not, neither be dismayed1 · 3%
- neither be thou dismayed1 · 3%
- not, neither be thou dismayed1 · 3%
- shall be broken to pieces1 · 3%
- then thou scarest1 · 3%
- go down1 · 3%
- terrify1 · 3%
- they were amazed1 · 3%
- and is not affrighted1 · 3%
- be broken1 · 3%
- and ye shall be broken in pieces1 · 3%
- for thou hast broken1 · 3%
- and they shall be afraid1 · 3%
- be beaten down1 · 3%
- against him, he will not be afraid1 · 3%
- shall be afraid1 · 3%
- shall not be abolished1 · 3%
- neither be ye afraid1 · 3%
- thee: be not dismayed1 · 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.