Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to entwine
Usage: 1) to entwine, enwrap, be swaddled 1a) (Pual) to be swathed, be enwraped 1b) (Hophal) to be swathed, be swaddled
Chathal means “swaddle” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2853 — kollao (“cleave”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2853 חָתַל (chathal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chathal (khaw-thal') v. 1. to swathe [a primitive root] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include all. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
chathal (khaw-thal') v. 1. to swathe [a primitive root] KJV: X at all, swaddle.
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to entwine
Usage: 1) to entwine, enwrap, be swaddled 1a) (Pual) to be swathed, be enwraped 1b) (Hophal) to be swathed, be swaddled
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chathal, 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.
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.
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1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H2853.
And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2853, grouped by book.
Chathal (Strong's H2853) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "swaddle". chathal (khaw-thal') v. 1. to swathe [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H2853 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2853 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as all. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.