Word Study · Strong's H2747 · Hebrew

חֶרֶט

cheret

kheh'-ret

Strong's 1890 spelling: chereṭ

“a chisel or graver”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a chisel or graver; also a style forwriting

Rendered in the KJV as

graving tool, pen.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

בְּחֶ֣רֶט1
בַּחֶ֔רֶט1

How it is rendered · 2

with a stylus of1
with the tool1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HR/Ncmsc · 1
HRd/Ncmsa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Exodus1 of 2 · 50%
Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%

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Exodus1 occurrence

Exodus 32:4בַּחֶ֔רֶטbacheretpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularHe took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”here: with the tool

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 8:1בְּחֶ֣רֶטbecheretpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.here: with a stylus of

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