Strong's Lexicon

H2404

H2404 — חָטַב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchatabverb-stemOccurrences: 9TWOT: 639

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2404
Word:	חָטַב
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	chatab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-tab'
Meaning:	1. to chop or carve wood
KJV Renderings:	cut down, hew(-er), polish.

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BDB2700

I. [חָטַב] verb cut or gather wood, usually firewood (Late Hebrew id. ; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1718] firewood, [untranscribed source text 1719] collect firewood (see Wetzst in De^{Ps 144:12}); Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1720] cut (or gather) firewood) —

Qal Imperfect יַחְטְבוּ Ezek 39:10 Infinitive לַחְטֹב Deut 19:5 Participle חֹטֵב Deut 29:10 plural חֹטְבִים 2Chr 2:9 construct חֹטְבֵי Josh 9:21 + 3 t.; passive plural feminine חֲטֻבוֺת Prov 7:16 — cut or gather wood, followed by accusative Deut 19:5; Deut 29:10 (|| שׁאב מים); compare Ezek 39:10 מןהֿיערים (object in preceding clause); 2Chr 2:9 (|| כֹּרְתֵי הָעֵצִים); Participle construct עצים ׳ ח Jer 46:22, and (|| שֹׁאֲבֵי מַיִם) Josh 9:21; Josh 9:23; Josh 9:27.

Pu`al Participle מְחֻטָּבוֺת Ps 144:12 meaning dubious; perhaps hewn (so, in substance, Thes MV SS Ew Che Bae; see however II. חטב), of corner-pillars ( זָוִיּוֺת see זָוִית above), simile of beautiful, stately daughters.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חטב (g’hāh-tav’)

Ezekiel 39:10

KJV: So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.

EHCC: no wood out of the 8018 , neither cut dowa

Deuteronomy 29:11

KJV: Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

EHCC: 10), from the hewer 9 thy wood

2 Chronicles 2:10

KJV: And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

EHCC: (9). the hewers that cut timber,

Jeremiah 46:23

KJV: They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

EHCC: with axes, as hewers of wood,

Psalms 144:12

KJV: That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:polished: Heb. cut

EHCC: pohshed (after) tbe similitude of ₪ palace ;