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Strong H26862 sensesחָצַץ

to divide · to shoot

Transliteration
châtsats
Pronunciation
khaw-tsats'

The 2 senses of Strong H2686

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2686 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to divideH2686A(Qal) to divide2 verses · Job, Proverbs
  2. to shootH2686Bto shoot arrows1 verse · Judges

General definition

A primitive root (compare H2673); properly to chop {into} pierce or sever; hence to {curtail} to distribute (into ranks); as denominative from H2671; to shoot an arrow: - {archer} X {bands} cut off in the midst.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • archer1
  • band1
  • midst1

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. 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?
  3. Proverbs 30:27
    The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;