Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2671
חֵץ
chetskhayts
arrow
53 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chêts
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2671is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 17 of 39Old Testament books
- 43spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2671
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
The King James renders it: [phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chets is rendered "arrow". It stands 53 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:23The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
- The Greek text spells it forty-three different ways.
The first use
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
Genesis 49:23חִצִּֽים׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fourteen of the word's fifty-three uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the arrows8
- an arrow6
- arrows your5
- and arrows3
- arrows3
- arrows his3
- arrows of3
- arrow their2
- arrows its2
- arrows my2
- with the arrows2
- an arrow of1
and 13 more, 53 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 53, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
43 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַחִצִּ֖ים3
- חֵ֑ץ3
- הַ֣חִצִּ֔ים2
- וְחֵ֣ץ2
- וְחִצִּ֑ים2
- חֵ֥ץ2
- חִ֝צָּ֗יו2
- חִצָּיו֙2
- בַּֽחִצִּ֔ים1
- בַּחִצִּ֥ים1
- בַּֽחִצִּים֙1
- הַחִצִּ֑ים1
and 31 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural8HTd/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine singular6HNcmsa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular5HNcmpc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural3HC/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural3HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HNcmpc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural3HRd/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcmpc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HNcmsc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms
Genesis
one use
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
- חִצִּֽים׃chitzimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: arrows
Numbers
one use
God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
- וְחִצָּ֥יוvechitzavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and arrows its
Deuteronomy
two uses
I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
- חִצַּ֖יchitzainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: arrows my
I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
- חִצַּי֙chitzainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: arrows my
1 Samuel
six uses
I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
- הַחִצִּ֖יםhachitzimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the arrows
Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
- הַחִצִּ֑יםhachitzimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the arrows
- הַחִצִּ֣ים׀hachitzimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the arrows
But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.
- הַחִצִּ֖יםhachitzimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the arrows
He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
- הַ֣חִצִּ֔יםhachitzimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the arrows
Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
- הַ֣חִצִּ֔יםhachetzithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the arrows
2 Samuel
one use
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
- חִצִּ֖יםchitzimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: arrows
2 Kings
six uses
Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows.
- וְחִצִּ֑יםvechitzimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and arrows
- וְחִצִּֽים׃vechitzimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and arrows
“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”
- חֵץ־chetz-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an arrow of
- וְחֵ֣ץvechetzconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and an arrow of
Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows!” So he took them, and Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” So he struck the ground three times and stopped.
- הַחִצִּ֖יםhachitzimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the arrows
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
- חֵ֑ץchetznoun · masculine singulartagged: an arrow
1 Chronicles
one use
they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
- וּבַחִצִּ֖יםuvachitzimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and with the arrows
2 Chronicles
one use
And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.
- בַּֽחִצִּ֔יםbachitzimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the arrows
Job
two uses
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- חִצֵּ֪יchitzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: arrows of
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
- חִצִּ֣יchitzinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: arrow my
Psalms
fourteen uses
He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
- חִ֝צָּ֗יוchitzavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: arrows his
For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
- חִצָּ֣םchitzamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: arrow their
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
- חִ֭צָּיוchitzavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: arrows his
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
- חִ֭צֶּיךָchitzeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: arrows your
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
- חִצֶּ֗יךָchitzeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: arrows your
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- וְחִצִּ֑יםvechitzimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and arrows
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
- חִ֝צָּ֗יוchitzavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: arrows his
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
- חִ֝צָּ֗םchitzamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: arrow their
But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
- חֵ֥ץchetznoun · masculine singulartagged: an arrow
The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
- חֲ֝צָצֶ֗יךָchatzatzeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: arrows your
You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
- מֵ֝חֵ֗ץmechetzpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from an arrow
Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
- חִצֵּ֣יchitzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: arrows of
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
- כְּחִצִּ֥יםkechitzimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like arrows
Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
- חִ֝צֶּ֗יךָchitzeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: arrows your
Proverbs
three uses
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
- חֵ֡ץchetznoun · masculine singulartagged: an arrow
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
- וְחֵ֣ץvechetzconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and an arrow
Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
- חִצִּ֥יםchitzimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: arrows
Isaiah
four uses
Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
- חִצָּיו֙chitzavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: arrows its
Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
- בַּחִצִּ֥יםbachitzimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the arrows
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
- חֵ֑ץchetznoun · masculine singulartagged: an arrow
He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.
- לְחֵ֣ץlechetzpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into an arrow
Jeremiah
four uses
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
- חֵ֥ץchetznoun · masculine singulartagged: an arrow
For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
- חִצָּיו֙chitzavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: arrows its
Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
- חֵ֑ץchetznoun · masculine singulartagged: an arrow
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
- הַחִצִּים֮hachitzimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the arrows
Lamentations
one use
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
- לַחֵֽץ׃ סlachetzpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: for the arrow
Ezekiel
four uses
When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
- חִצֵּי֩chitzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: arrows of
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
- בַּֽחִצִּים֙bachitzimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the arrows
Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
- וְחִצֶּ֕יךָvechitzeikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and arrows your
Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
- וּבְחִצִּ֔יםuvechitzimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and with arrows
Habakkuk
one use
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
- חִצֶּ֙יךָ֙chitzeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: arrows your
Zechariah
one use
Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
- חִצּ֑וֹchitzonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: arrow his
The letters
Gematria 98· 908 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
