Word Study · Strong's H2635 · Hebrew
חֲסַף
chasaph
khas-af'
Strong's 1890 spelling: chăçaph
“a clod”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a clod
Rendered in the KJV as
clay.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- בַּחֲסַ֥ף1
- בַּחֲסַ֣ף1
- וְחַסְפָּ֑א1
- חֲסַ֤ף1
- חֲסַ֑ף1
- חֲסַֽף׃1
- חַסְפָּ֨א1
- חַסְפָּא֙1
- חַסְפָּֽא׃1
How it is rendered · 5
- clay3
- clay the2
- with [the] clay of2
- and clay the1
- the clay1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · masculine or feminine singular3
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)3
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1
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- ANcbsa · 3
- ANcbsd/Ta · 3
- AR/Ncbsc · 2
- AC/Ncbsd/Ta · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Daniel9 occurrences
- Daniel 2:33חֲסַֽף׃chasafnoun · masculine or feminine singularits legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.here: clay
- Daniel 2:34וְחַסְפָּ֑אvechaspa'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.here: and clay the
- Daniel 2:35חַסְפָּ֨אchaspa'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.here: clay the
- Daniel 2:41חֲסַ֤ףchasafnoun · masculine or feminine singularAnd just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay.here: clay
- Daniel 2:41בַּחֲסַ֥ףbachasafpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay.here: with [the] clay of
- Daniel 2:42חֲסַ֑ףchasafnoun · masculine or feminine singularAnd as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.here: clay
- Daniel 2:43בַּחֲסַ֣ףbachasafpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another, but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay.here: with [the] clay of
- Daniel 2:43חַסְפָּֽא׃chaspa'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another, but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay.here: the clay
- Daniel 2:45חַסְפָּא֙chaspa'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”here: clay the