H2686: חָצַץ
châtsats · pronounced khaw-tsats' · “to divide”
Definition
properly, to chop into, pierce or sever; hence, to curtail, to distribute (into ranks); to shoot an arrow
KJV translates it as: archer, [idiom] bands, cut off in the midst.
Word origin: a primitive root (compare H2673 (חָצָה)lemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה); also as denominative from H2671 (חֵץ)
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to divide
1b) (Piel) to divide
1c) (Pual) to be cut off, be finished
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2686 is translated
- archers ×1
- they have been cut off ×1
- dividing ×1
Bible verses with H2686 (châtsats)
Châtsats appears in 3 verses.
- Judges 5:11
They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
- Job 21:21
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
- Proverbs 30:27
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;