חֵץchêts
arrow, mostly in poetry and prophets
Pronunciation: khayts · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2671
Meanings
1. literally, shot from bow by hand (1 Samuel 20:20; 1 Samuel 20:21; 1 Samuel 20:22)
2. figurative of Israel's weapons (Numbers 24:8; Psalms 45:6; Deuteronomy 32:23)
Same root
- חָצַץchâtsats · H2686properly, to chop into, pierce or sever; hence, to curtail, to distribute (into ranks); to shoot an arrow
- עֵץʻêts · H6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- חִצִּיchitstsîy · H2678an arrow
- חָצָץchâtsâts · H2687properly, something cutting; hence, gravel (as grit); an arrow
Where it appears
Appears 53 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:23 Archers attacked him savagely; they shot at him and harassed him.
- Numbers 24:8 God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox. He devours all the nations that oppose him, breaking their bones in pieces, shooting them with arrows.
- Deuteronomy 32:23 I will heap disasters upon them and shoot them down with my arrows.
- Deuteronomy 32:42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh— the blood of the slaughtered and the captives, and the heads of the enemy leaders.”’
- 1 Samuel 20:20 I will come out and shoot three arrows to the side of the stone pile as though I were shooting at a target.
- 1 Samuel 20:21 Then I will send a boy to bring the arrows back. If you hear me tell him, ‘They’re on this side,’ then you will know, as surely as the Lord lives, that all is well, and there is no trouble.
See every passage
- Genesis 49:23
- Numbers 24:8
- Deuteronomy 32:23, 32:42
- 1 Samuel 20:20, 20:21, 20:22, 20:36, 20:38
- 2 Samuel 22:15
- 2 Kings 13:15, 13:17, 13:18, 19:32
- 1 Chronicles 12:2
- 2 Chronicles 26:15
- Job 6:4, 34:6
- Psalms 7:13, 11:2, 18:14, 38:2, 45:5, 57:4, 58:7, 64:3, 64:7, 77:17, 91:5, 120:4, 127:4, 144:6
- Proverbs 7:23, 25:18, 26:18
- Isaiah 5:28, 7:24, 37:33, 49:2
- Jeremiah 9:8, 50:9, 50:14, 51:11
- Lamentations 3:12
- Ezekiel 5:16, 21:21, 39:3, 39:9
- Habakkuk 3:11
- Zechariah 9:14
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).