חֵץ chets
Hebrew word for “arrow” · Strong’s H2671 · used 53 times in 50 verses
Meaning
arrow
How it is translated
Glosses given for chets in context, with how often each is used:
- arrows 36
- arrow 16
- like arrows 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 14 | 0.7 | |
| 1 Samuel | 6 | 0.5 | |
| 2 Kings | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 5 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
1 Samuel 20 (5), 2 Kings 13 (3), Deuteronomy 32 (2), Psalms 64 (2), Jeremiah 50 (2), Ezekiel 39 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Numbers 24 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), 2 Kings 19 (1)
Forms
- החצים 8
- חץ 7
- חצי 6
- חציו 5
- חציך 4
- חצים 3
- וחצים 3
- בחצים 3
- וחץ 2
- ובחצים 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chets more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יָרָה yarah “to show” 9
- קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 9
- שָׁנַן shanan “to sharpen” 5
- דָּרַךְ darakh “to tread” 6
- בָּרָק baraq “lightning” 5
- שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 7
- הָמַם hamam “to confuse” 3
- חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 5
- רָבַב ravav “to multiply ten thousand” 2
- בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 4
- מָגֵן magen “shield” 3
- פּוּץ puts “to scatter” 3
Key verses
The verses using chets that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 32:23 — I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
- Job 6:4 — 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.
- Psalms 45:5 — Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
- Psalms 57:4 — 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 64:3 — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- Psalms 64:7 — But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
- Psalms 120:4 — Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
- Jeremiah 50:9 — 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…
- Jeremiah 50:14 — 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 — 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;…
- Ezekiel 21:21 — 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,…
- Zechariah 9:14 — 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…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.