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To determine

חָתַךְStrong’s H2852

chatakh (cha-takh)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Chatakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “it has been decreed”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.”
Daniel 9:24 KJV
Meaning
  1. To divide, determine(Niphal) to be determined, be decreed, be settled, be marked out
How it's translated
  • it has been decreed 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    חָתַךְ chatakh · to determine

    1) to divide, determine 1a) (Niphal) to be determined, be decreed, be settled, be marked out

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “determine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DETERMINE, verb transitive

    [Latin, to bound; a boundary or limit. Gr. See Term.]

    1. To end; particularly, to end by the decision or conclusion of a cause, or of a doubtful or controverted point; applicable to the decisions of the mind, or to judicial decisions.
    2. To end and fix; to settle ultimately; as, this event determined his fate.
    3. To fix on; to settle or establish; as, to determine the proper season for planting seeds.“God--hath determined the times before appointed” Acts 17:26
    4. To end; to limit; to bound; to confine.
    All definitions and other forms of “determine”
    1. To give a direction to; to influence the choice; that is, to limit to a particular purpose or direction; as, this circumstance determined him to the study of law.
    2. To resolve, that is, to end or settle a point in the mind, as in Definition first.“I determined this with myself” 2 Corinthians 2:1“Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus” Acts 20:16
    3. To destroy. [Not used.]
    4. To put an end to; as, to determine a will.
    5. To settle or ascertain, as something uncertain.

    DETERMINE, verb intransitive

    1. To resolve; to conclude; to come to a decision.“He shall pay as the judges determine” Exodus 21:22
    2. To end; to terminate.

    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.