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Strong's H2671 חֵץ (chets)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2671 — katara (“imprecation”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2671
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 49
Books 17

Strong's H2671 Quick Answer

Strong's H2671 חֵץ (chets) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chets (khayts) n-m. 1. (properly) a piercer, i.e. an arrow 2. (by implication) a wound It has 49 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include arrows, arrow, spear, wound, and shaft. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chets (khayts) n-m. 1. (properly) a piercer, i.e. an arrow 2. (by implication) a wound
Usage
49 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
arrows, arrow, spear, wound, and shaft

Meaning and Definition

chets (khayts) n-m. 1. (properly) a piercer, i.e. an arrow 2. (by implication) a wound 3. (figuratively, of God) thunder-bolt 4. (by interchange for H6086) the shaft of a spear [from H2686] KJV: + archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound. Root(s): H2686 See also: H6086

Original Word
חֵץ
Transliteration
chets
Derivation
First root strongs: 2686
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2671. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2671 Is Translated

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

arrows Numbers 24:8 33× arrow 1 Samuel 20:36 11× shaft Isaiah 49:2 spear 1 Samuel 17:7 wound Job 34:6

How Strong's H2671 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 49 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2671 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 H2671 in the Old Testament

49 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 49:23 KJV

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

Numbers 24:8 KJV

God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

Deuteronomy 32:23 KJV

I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

Usage Excerpts

First 49 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2671.

Genesis 49:23 Old Testament, KJV
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
Numbers 24:8 Old Testament, KJV
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
Deuteronomy 32:23 Old Testament, KJV
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
Deuteronomy 32:42 Old Testament, KJV
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
1 Samuel 17:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
1 Samuel 20:20 Old Testament, KJV
And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
1 Samuel 20:21 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.
1 Samuel 20:22 Old Testament, KJV
But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
1 Samuel 20:36 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
2 Samuel 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
2 Kings 13:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
2 Kings 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
2 Kings 13:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
2 Kings 19:32 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
1 Chronicles 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
2 Chronicles 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
Job 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 34:6 Old Testament, KJV
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Psalms 7:13 Old Testament, KJV
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalms 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 18:14 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Psalms 38:2 Old Testament, KJV
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
Psalms 45:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Psalms 57:4 Old Testament, KJV
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 58:7 Old Testament, KJV
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Psalms 64:3 Old Testament, KJV
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Psalms 64:7 Old Testament, KJV
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Psalms 91:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psalms 120:4 Old Testament, KJV
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Psalms 127:4 Old Testament, KJV
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Psalms 144:6 Old Testament, KJV
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Proverbs 7:23 Old Testament, KJV
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Proverbs 25:18 Old Testament, KJV
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
Isaiah 5:28 Old Testament, KJV
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Isaiah 7:24 Old Testament, KJV
With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Isaiah 37:33 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
Isaiah 49:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
Jeremiah 9:8 Old Testament, KJV
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Jeremiah 50:9 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
Jeremiah 50:14 Old Testament, KJV
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:11 Old Testament, KJV
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
Lamentations 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Ezekiel 5:16 Old Testament, KJV
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
Ezekiel 21:21 Old Testament, KJV
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
Ezekiel 39:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Ezekiel 39:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
Habakkuk 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Zechariah 9:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2671, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 13 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2671 FAQ

What does chets (חֵץ) mean?

Chets (Strong's H2671) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "arrow". chets (khayts) n-m. 1. (properly) a piercer, i.e. an arrow 2. (by implication) a wound

How many times is chets (חֵץ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 49 linked usages for Strong's H2671 across 17 books.

Where can I study chets (חֵץ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2671 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chets (חֵץ)?

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