Strong’s H2862 · Hebrew
חָתַף
châthaph
khaw-thaf'
Definition
to clutch
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- take away
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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