Lexical Definition

‎חוּט‎ chûwṭ (khoot) thread ^H:N-M
from an unused root probably meaning to sew

cord, fillet, line, thread.

• a string
• by implication, a measuring tape

1) a thread, cord, line, string

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חוּט‎ noun masculine^{Josh 2:18} thread, cord, line (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic , Aramaic , ‎חוּטָא‎) — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ absolute Gen 14:23 + 2 t.; construct Josh 2:18+ 3 t.; —

1. thread, as easily broken Judg 16:12 (simile); as composing a rope or cord; ‎הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה‎ ‎׳‎‎תִּקְוַת ח‎ Josh 2:18 (JE) this cord of scarlet thread (literally the cord of this thread of scarlet); probably also ‎מִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרוֺךְ נַעַל‎ Gen 14:23 from a thread to a sandal-thong; in simile ‎׳‎‎כְּח‎ ‎הַשָּׁנִי‎ Song 4:3 like a thread of scarlet are thy lips.

2. cord, ‎הַמְּשֻׁלָּשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎הַח‎ Eccl 4:12 a three-fold cord.

3. line, as measure of length 1Kgs 7:15 and a line of twelve cubits surrounded (i.e. would surround) it (compare ‎קָו‎ v1Kgs 7:23), so Jer 52:21.

‎חִוִּי‎ see below II. ‎חוה‎.

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