Sechavah סְחָבָה
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| סְחָבָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sechavah |
| Strong's number | H5499 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | rag |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Sechavah (Hebrew סְחָבָה, Strong's H5499) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “rag”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
rag, clout (stuff pulled or dragged about)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | clouts (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | rags (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Sechavah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 38:11So Ebed–melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
- Jeremiah 38:12And Ebed–melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,
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).