Strong's H2686

חָצַץ

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

properly, to chop into, pierce or sever; hence, to curtail, to distribute (into ranks); to shoot an arrow

Derivation

a primitive root (compare H2673 (חָצָה)lemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה); also as denominative from H2671 (חֵץ)

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, חָצַץ is translated as: archer, [idiom] bands, cut off in the midst..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.