Incision
חָרִיץStrong’s H2757charits (cha-rits)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Charits is the Hebrew word usually translated “portions of”, “at picks of” and “sharp instruments of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.”
Meaning
- A cut, thing cut, sharp instrument, sharp cutting instrument, harrow, hoe
How it's translated
- portions of 1
- and at picks of 1
- and with sharp instruments of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 12:31And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 20:3And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
Hebrew dictionary
חָרִיץ charits · incision
a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument, sharp cutting instrument, harrow, hoe
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “incision” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INCIS'ION, noun
s as z. [Latin incisio, from incido, to cut.]
- A cutting; the act of cutting into a substance.
- A cut; a gash; the separation of the surface of any substance made by a sharp instrument.
- Separation of viscid matter by medicines.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.