2339. chut
Strong's Concordance
chut: thread, cord, line
Original Word: חוּט
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chut
Phonetic Spelling: (khoot)
Short Definition: thread
Brown-Driver-Briggs
חוּט noun masculineJoshua 2:18 thread, cord, line (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic , Aramaic , חוּטָא) — ׳ח absolute Genesis 14:23 2t.; construct Joshua 2:18+ 3t.; —

1 thread, as easily broken Judges 16:12 (simile); as composing a rope or cord; הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה ׳תִּקְוַת ח Joshua 2:18 (JE) this cord of scarlet thread (literally the cord of this thread of scarlet); probably also מִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרוֺךְ נַעַל Genesis 14:23 from a thread to a sandal-thong; in simile ׳כְּח הַשָּׁנִי Songs 4:3 like a thread of scarlet are thy lips.

2 cord, הַמְּשֻׁלָּשׁ ׳הַח Ecclesiastes 4:12 a three-fold cord.

3 line, as measure of length 1 Kings 7:15 and a line of twelve cubits surrounded (i.e. would surround) it (compare קָו 1 Kings 7:23), so Jeremiah 52:21.

חִוִּי see below II. חוה.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cord, fillet, line, thread

From an unused root probably meaning to sew; a string; by implication, a measuring tape -- cord, fillet, line, thread.

Forms and Transliterations
וְהַחוּט֙ וְח֛וּט וְחוּט֙ והחוט וחוט חוּט֩ חוט כְּח֤וּט כַּחֽוּט׃ כחוט כחוט׃ מִחוּט֙ מחוט chut ḥūṭ ka·ḥūṭ kaChut kaḥūṭ kə·ḥūṭ keChut kəḥūṭ mi·ḥūṭ miChut miḥūṭ veChut vehaChut wə·ha·ḥūṭ wə·ḥūṭ wəhaḥūṭ wəḥūṭ
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7 Occurrences


ḥūṭ — 1 Occ.
ka·ḥūṭ — 1 Occ.
kə·ḥūṭ — 1 Occ.
mi·ḥūṭ — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥūṭ — 2 Occ.
wə·ha·ḥūṭ — 1 Occ.

Genesis 14:23
HEB: אִם־ מִחוּט֙ וְעַ֣ד שְׂרֽוֹךְ־
NAS: that I will not take a thread or a sandal
KJV: That I will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet,
INT: will not A thread against thong

Joshua 2:18
HEB: אֶת־ תִּקְוַ֡ת חוּט֩ הַשָּׁנִ֨י הַזֶּ֜ה
NAS: of scarlet thread in the window
KJV: of scarlet thread in the window
INT: the land cord thread of scarlet this

Judges 16:12
HEB: מֵעַ֥ל זְרֹעֹתָ֖יו כַּחֽוּט׃
NAS: the ropes from his arms like a thread.
KJV: them from off his arms like a thread.
INT: from his arms A thread

1 Kings 7:15
HEB: הָעַמּ֣וּד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְחוּט֙ שְׁתֵּים־ עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה
NAS: pillar, and a line of twelve
KJV: apiece: and a line of twelve
INT: pillar of one line of both ten

Ecclesiastes 4:12
HEB: יַעַמְד֣וּ נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְהַחוּט֙ הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ לֹ֥א
NAS: can resist him. A cord of three
KJV: him; and a threefold cord is not quickly
INT: shall withstand him A cord of three is not

Songs 4:3
HEB: כְּח֤וּט הַשָּׁנִי֙ שִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִךְ
NAS: are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth
KJV: Thy lips [are] like a thread of scarlet,
INT: thread A scarlet your lips

Jeremiah 52:21
HEB: הָעַמֻּ֣ד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְח֛וּט שְׁתֵּים־ עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה
KJV: cubits; and a fillet of twelve
INT: pillar of each fillet both ten

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