Chatar חָתַר
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| חָתַר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chatar |
| Strong's number | H2864 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to dig |
| Occurrences | 8 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (4) |
Chatar (Hebrew חָתַר, Strong's H2864) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to dig”. It occurs 8 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to dig, row
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to dig (into houses-of burglary)
1a2) to row (in water)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to dig (into houses-of burglary)
1a2) to row (in water)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | dig (4), digged (2), through (1), hard (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | dig (2), i dug (2), they dig through (1), they will dig (1), they dig down (1), rowed hard (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Chatar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
Ezekiel
- 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.“Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.
- Ezekiel 12:5Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it.
- 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.So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.
- 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.And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
Amos
- 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:Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
Jonah
- 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.Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).