חָצָה chatsah
Hebrew word for “to divide” · Strong’s H2673 · used 15 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) to divide, cut in two, cut short, live half (of one's life);
How it is translated
Glosses given for chatsah in context, with how often each is used:
- divided 6
- will divide 2
- will be divided 2
- will divide ! 1
- had divided 1
- will they divide? 1
- will divide in half 1
- reaches 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Daniel | 1 | 0.2 |
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 31 (2), 2 Kings 2 (2), Genesis 32 (1), Genesis 33 (1), Exodus 21 (1), Judges 7 (1), Judges 9 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 55 (1), Isaiah 30 (1)
Forms
- ויחץ 3
- ויחצו 2
- יחצו 2
- וחצו 1
- יחצון 1
- וחצית 1
- חצה 1
- ויחצם 1
- יחצוהו 1
- יחצה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chatsah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַדֶּרֶת adderet “clothing” 2
- שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 4
- הֵנָּה hennah “here/thus” 2
- נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 3
- אֵלִיָּה eliyyah “Elijah” 2
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 3
- בַּיִן bayin “between” 2
- אַרְבַּע arba “four” 2
- יַעֲקֹב yaaqov “Jacob” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 2
- שָׁלֹשׁ shalosh “three” 2
- עָבַר avar “to pass” 2
Key verses
The verses using chatsah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 32:7 — Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
- Genesis 33:1 — And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and…
- Numbers 31:27 — And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
- Judges 7:16 — And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
- Judges 9:43 — And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city;…
- 2 Kings 2:8 — And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
- 2 Kings 2:14 — And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters,…
- Job 41:6 — Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
- Psalms 55:23 — But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
- Isaiah 30:28 — And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in…
- Ezekiel 37:22 — And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations,…
- Daniel 11:4 — And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his…
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
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.