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Strong's H2406 חִטָּה (chittah)

Chittah means “wheat” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2406 — hierateuma (“priesthood”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2406
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 30
Books 17

Strong's H2406 Quick Answer

Strong's H2406 חִטָּה (chittah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chittah (khit-taw') n-f. 1. wheat, whether the grain or the plant [of uncertain derivation] It has 30 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include wheat. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chittah (khit-taw') n-f. 1. wheat, whether the grain or the plant [of uncertain derivation]
Usage
30 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
wheat

Meaning and Definition

chittah (khit-taw') n-f. 1. wheat, whether the grain or the plant [of uncertain derivation] KJV: wheat(-en).

Original Word
חִטָּה
Transliteration
chittah
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2406. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2406 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chittah, 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.

wheat Genesis 30:14 29×

How Strong's H2406 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 30 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2406 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 H2406 in the Old Testament

30 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 30:14 KJV

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

Exodus 9:32 KJV

But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.

Exodus 29:2 KJV

And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

Usage Excerpts

First 30 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2406.

Genesis 30:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
Exodus 9:32 Old Testament, KJV
But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
Exodus 29:2 Old Testament, KJV
And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
Exodus 34:22 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
Deuteronomy 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
Deuteronomy 32:14 Old Testament, KJV
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
Judges 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
Judges 15:1 Old Testament, KJV
But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Ruth 2:23 Old Testament, KJV
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
1 Samuel 6:13 Old Testament, KJV
And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
1 Samuel 12:17 Old Testament, KJV
Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
2 Samuel 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
2 Samuel 17:28 Old Testament, KJV
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
1 Kings 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
1 Chronicles 21:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
1 Chronicles 21:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
2 Chronicles 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
2 Chronicles 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
Job 31:40 Old Testament, KJV
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Psalms 81:16 Old Testament, KJV
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Psalms 147:14 Old Testament, KJV
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Song of Solomon 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Isaiah 28:25 Old Testament, KJV
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
Jeremiah 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Jeremiah 41:8 Old Testament, KJV
But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
Ezekiel 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
Ezekiel 27:17 Old Testament, KJV
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
Ezekiel 45:13 Old Testament, KJV
This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
Joel 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2406, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2406 FAQ

What does chittah (חִטָּה) mean?

Chittah (Strong's H2406) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "wheat". chittah (khit-taw') n-f. 1. wheat, whether the grain or the plant [of uncertain derivation]

How many times is chittah (חִטָּה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 30 linked usages for Strong's H2406 across 17 books.

Where can I study chittah (חִטָּה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2406 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chittah (חִטָּה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as wheat. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.