חֹטֵר
chôṭêr · H2415 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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a shoot or branch
A limb springing from a tree or bough, which can be used to beat someone but also symbolizes a new beginning
ExamplesProverbs 14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back, But the lips of the wise will protect them.
Isaiah 11:1 Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- גַּאֲוָהpride, majesty 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָצָאto go out 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פֶּהmouth 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- מַטֶּה maṭṭeh · H4294 · branch, staff, rod
- Common Hebrew word for rod or staff, semantically overlapping with חֹטֵר in the sense of a rod or branch; both can denote a stick or staff-like object
- שֵׁבֶט shêbeṭ · H7626 · stick, rod, staff
- Hebrew word for rod, staff, or scepter; overlaps semantically with חֹטֵר in denoting a rod or branch, though שֵׁבֶט often carries connotations of authority or discipline
In the other Testament 1 word
- ῥάβδος rhábdos · G4464 · stick, rod, rule
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew חֹטֵר in the sense of a rod, staff, or branch; the natural term a Greek translator would use for this concept
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Trees001002007002
- The noun names a slender shoot or rod growing from a tree's stock, as the messianic "shoot" that will spring up from the stem of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2415. choter חֹ֫טֶר noun masculine branch or twig, rod — metaphor absolute ׳ח branch,…
חֹ֫טֶר noun masculine branch or twig, rod — metaphor absolute ׳ח branch, twig, Isa 11:1 ח ׳ויצא יִשָׁ֑י מִגֶּזַע || (נֵצֶרׅ; construct rod, גַּאֲוָ֑ה חֹטֶר בְּפִיאֱֿוִיל Pro 14:3.
חַטָּת see חַטָּאת below חטא.
חטשׁ (√ of following; meaning unknown).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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