Hebrew word study

חֵץchêts — properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow

Pronounced “khayts”

properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear

Translated in the King James as: [phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.

Appears 53 times in Scripture

Origin: from H2686 (חָצַץ); also by interchange for H6086 (עֵץ)

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Where it appears

Genesis — 1×
Genesis 49:23
Numbers — 1×
Numbers 24:8
Deuteronomy — 2×
Deuteronomy 32:23Deuteronomy 32:42
1 Samuel — 6×
1 Sam 17:71 Sam 20:201 Sam 20:211 Sam 20:221 Sam 20:36+ 1 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel — 1×
2 Sam 22:15
2 Kings — 6×
2 Ki 13:152 Ki 13:172 Ki 13:182 Ki 19:32+ 2 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles — 1×
1 Chr 12:2
2 Chronicles — 1×
2 Chr 26:15
Job — 2×
Job 6:4Job 34:6
Psalms — 14×
Psalms 7:13Psalms 11:2Psalms 18:14Psalms 38:2Psalms 45:5Psalms 57:4Psalms 58:7Psalms 64:3Psalms 64:7Psalms 77:17Psalms 91:5Psalms 120:4Psalms 127:4Psalms 144:6
Proverbs — 3×
Proverbs 7:23Proverbs 25:18Proverbs 26:18
Isaiah — 4×
Isaiah 5:28Isaiah 7:24Isaiah 37:33Isaiah 49:2
Jeremiah — 4×
Jeremiah 9:8Jeremiah 50:9Jeremiah 50:14Jeremiah 51:11
Lamentations — 1×
Lam 3:12
Ezekiel — 4×
Ezekiel 5:16Ezekiel 21:21Ezekiel 39:3Ezekiel 39:9
Habakkuk — 1×
Habakkuk 3:11
Zechariah — 1×
Zech 9:14

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