Thread
חוּטStrong’s H2339chut
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:”
Meaning
- 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.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 2:18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
- Judges 16:12Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
- 1 Kings 7:15For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
- Ecclesiastes 4:12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
- Song of Solomon 4:3Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
- Jeremiah 52:21And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
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.