Strong's Lexicon

H2864

H2864 — חָתַר

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

Hebrewchatharverb-stemOccurrences: 8TWOT: 783

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2864
Word:	חָתַר
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	8
Transliteration:	chathar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-thar'
Meaning:	1. to force a passage, as by burglary 2. (figuratively) with oars
KJV Renderings:	dig (through), row.

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חָתַר verb dig, row (Late Hebrew id., bore (through), so Aramaic חֲתַר ᵑ7 (rare)) —

Qal Perfect ׳ ח Job 24:16, חָתַרְתִּי Ezek 12:7 Imperfect וָאֶחְתֹּר Ezek 8:8, יַחְתְּרוּ Ezek 12:12; Amos 9:2, וַיַּחְתְּרוּ Jonah 1:13 Imperative חֲתָרֿ Ezek 8:8; Ezek 12:5 —

1. dig into houses, with accusative בָּתִּים Job 24:16 (of burglary); followed by בְּ into or through a wall Ezek 8:8 (twice in verse) (Co strike out on internal grounds), Ezek 12:5; Ezek 12:7; Ezek 12:12 metaphor followed by בשׁאול Amos 9:2 dig into She'ôl, i.e. as a refuge.

2. row (as digging into the water) Jonah 1:13.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חתר (ghah-thar’)

Job 24:16

KJV: In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

EHCC: In the dark they dig through י

Ezekiel 12:7

KJV: And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.digged: Heb. digged for me

EHCC: even T digged tase the wall |

Ezekiel 8:8

KJV: Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

EHCC: Son of man, dig now in the wall:

Ezekiel 12:5

KJV: Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.Dig…: Heb. Dig for thee

EHCC: Dig thou through the wall

Ezekiel 12:19

KJV: And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof

EHCC: they shail dig through the wall

Amos 9:2

KJV: Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

EHCC: Though they dig into hell, -

Jonah 1:13

KJV: Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.rowed: Heb. diggedwrought…: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went

EHCC: Nevertheless the men rowed (marg.digged) |