Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2685: חֲצַף

chătsaph · pronounced khats-af' · “be hasty”

Definition

properly, to shear or cut close; figuratively, to be severe

KJV translates it as: hasty, be urgent.

Word origin: (Aramaic) a primitive root;

Extended definition

(Aphel) to be urgent, harsh, show insolence

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2685 is translated

  • harsh ×1
  • being harsh ×1

Bible verses with H2685 (chătsaph)

Chătsaph appears in 2 verses.

  • Daniel 2:15

    He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

  • Daniel 3:22

    Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego.