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חָבַט H2251
H2251 is the Hebrew word חָבַט, transliterated châbaṭ and said khaw-bat'. The King James Version most often renders it beatest.
What it means
to knock out or off.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 5 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: beat (off, out), thresh.
Verses using חָבַט
All 5 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 24:20 · KJV
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Judges 6:11 · KJV
And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
Ruth 2:17 · KJV
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
Isaiah 27:12 · KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
Isaiah 28:27 · KJV
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
Common questions
What does Strong's H2251 mean?
H2251 is the Hebrew word חָבַט (châbaṭ), meaning to knock out or off.
How is H2251 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it beatest (1 time), threshed (1 time), beat out (1 time), beat off (1 time), beaten out (1 time).
How many times does H2251 appear in the Bible?
חָבַט (châbaṭ) is tagged in 5 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H2251 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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