# חוּט (chut)

Israeli respelling: chut. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2339. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

a string; by implication, a measuring tape

King James renderings: cord, fillet, line, thread.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chut-h2339

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 14:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/14/23) — That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have…
- [Joshua 2:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/2/18) — Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou sha…
- [Judges 16:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/16/12) — Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in…
- [1 Kings 7:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/7/15) — For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
- [Ecclesiastes 4:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/4/12) — And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
- [Song of Solomon 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/3) — Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
- [Jeremiah 52:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/21) — And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness t…