# חֲצַף (chatsaf)

Israeli respelling: cha-tsaf. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2685. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, to shear or cut close; figuratively, to be severe

King James renderings: hasty, be urgent.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chatsaf-h2685

## Occurrences

- [Daniel 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/2/15) — He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
- [Daniel 3:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/3/22) — Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadr…