Lexicon chathar: to dig, row Original Word: חָתַרPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chathar Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-thar') Short Definition: dig NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto dig, row NASB Translationdig (5), dug (2), rowed (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חָתַר verb dig, row (Late Hebrew id., bore (through), so Aramaic חֲתַר ᵑ7 (rare)) — Qal Perfect ׳ח Job 24:16, חָתַרְתִּי Ezekiel 12:7; Imperfect וָאֶחְתֹּר Ezekiel 8:8, יַחְתְּרוּ Ezekiel 12:12; Amos 9:2, וַיַּחְתְּרוּ Jonah 1:13; Imperative חֲתָרֿ Ezekiel 8:8; Ezekiel 12:5; — 1 dig into houses, with accusative בָּתִּים Job 24:16 (of burglary); followed by בְּ into or through a wall Ezekiel 8:8 (twice in verse) (Co strike out on internal grounds), Ezekiel 12:5,7,12; metaphor followed by בשׁאול Amos 9:2 dig into She'ôl, i.e. as a refuge. 2 row (as digging into the water) Jonah 1:13.
Strong's dig through, row A primitive root; to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars -- dig (through), row. |
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