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חוּטStrong’s H2339

chut

Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chut is the Hebrew word usually translated “line of”, “from a thread” and “thread of”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.

“That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:”
Genesis 14:23 KJV
Meaning
  1. A thread, cord, line, string
How it's translated
  • and a line of 2
  • from a thread 1
  • thread of 1
  • like thread 1
  • and the thread 1
  • like thread of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1
  • Joshua 1
  • Judges 1
  • 1 Kings 1
  • Ecclesiastes 1
  • Song of Solomon 1

7 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

חוּט chut · thread

a thread, cord, line, string

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.