Robber
חֶ֫תֶףStrong’s H2863cheteph (che-teph)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Cheteph is the Hebrew word usually translated “like a robber”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.”
Meaning
- Prey
- (CLBL) robber
How it's translated
- like a robber 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חֶ֫תֶף cheteph · robber
1) prey 2) (CLBL) robber
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “robber” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROB'BER, noun
- In law, one that takes goods or money from the person of another by force or menaces, and with a felonious intent.
- In a looser sense, one who takes that to which he has no right; one who steals, plunders or strips by violence and wrong.
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.