Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H2685
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- chatsaph
- Pronunciation
- khats-af'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H2685
- Brief meaning
- Properly, to shear or cut close, figuratively, to be severe
- Source renderings
- hasty, be urgent
- Root word
- (Aramaic) a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, to shear or cut close; figuratively, to be severe. Root word: (Aramaic) a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
02685\ 2685 chatsaph khats-af' (Aramaic) a primitive root; properly, to shear or cut close; figuratively, to be severe:--hasty, be urgent.