To dig
חָתַרStrong’s H2864chatar (cha-tar)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chatar is the Hebrew word usually translated “dig”, “digs into” and “dug”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.”
Meaning
- To dig, row(Qal)
How it's translated
- dig 2
- they will dig 2
- he digs into 1
- and i dug 1
- i dug 1
- and they rowed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 4
- Job 1
- Amos 1
- Jonah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezekiel 8:8Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
- Ezekiel 12:5Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
- Ezekiel 12:7And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.
- Ezekiel 12:12And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
- Amos 9:2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
- Jonah 1:13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
Hebrew dictionary
חָתַר chatar · to dig
1) to dig, row 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dig (into houses-of burglary) 1a2) to row (in water)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dig” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DIG, verb transitive
preterit tense Digger or dug; participle passive Digged or dug. [G.]
- To open and break or turn up the earth with a spade or other sharp instrument.
- To excavate; to form an opening in the earth by digging and removing the loose earth; as, to dig a well, a pit or a mine.
- To pierce or open with a snout or by other means, as swine or moles.
- To pierce with a pointed instrument; to thrust in.
All definitions and other forms of “dig”
DIG, verb intransitive
- To work with a spade or other piercing instrument; to do servile work.
- To work in search of; to search.“They dig for it, more than for hid treasures” Job 3:21“Son of man, dig now in the wall” Ezekiel 8:8
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.