Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to chop
Usage: 1) to cut, gather 1a) (Qal) to cut, gather (wood) 1b) (Pual) to cut, carve
Strong's Number
H2404
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
9
Books
6
Strong's H2404 Quick Answer
Strong's H2404 חָטַב (chatab) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chatab (khaw-tab') v. 1. to chop or carve wood [a primitive root] It has 9 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include wood, cut, and polished. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- chatab (khaw-tab') v. 1. to chop or carve wood [a primitive root]
- Usage
- 9 linked usages
- Books
- 6 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- wood, cut, and polished
Meaning and Definition
chatab (khaw-tab') v. 1. to chop or carve wood [a primitive root] KJV: cut down, hew(-er), polish.
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2404. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H2404 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chatab, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
How Strong's H2404 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 9 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H2404 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H2404 in the Old Testament
9 indexed usages in Old Testament.
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
Usage Excerpts
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2404.
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2404, grouped by book.
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H2404 FAQ
What does chatab (חָטַב) mean?
Chatab (Strong's H2404) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "cut down". chatab (khaw-tab') v. 1. to chop or carve wood [a primitive root]
How many times is chatab (חָטַב) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's H2404 across 6 books.
Where can I study chatab (חָטַב) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2404 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate chatab (חָטַב)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as wood, cut, and polished. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.