H2339

חוּט

chutH:N-M

thread

a thread, cord, line, string

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חוּט noun masculine^{Josh 2:18} thread, cord, line (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic , Aramaic , חוּטָא) — ׳ח absolute Gen 14:23 + 2 t.; construct Josh 2:18+ 3 t.; —

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

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

3. line, as measure of length 1Kgs 7:15 and a line of twelve cubits surrounded (i.e. would surround) it (compare קָו v1Kgs 7:23), so Jer 52:21.

חִוִּי see below II. חוה.

6 occurrences

Genesis (1), Joshua (1), I Kings (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Solomon (1), Jeremiah (1)