Strong's Hebrew · H2673

חָצָה

châtsâh · khaw-tsaw'

Definitionto cut or split in two; to halve
Derivationa primitive root (compare H2086 (זֵד)));
KJV usagedivide, [idiom] live out half, reach to the midst, participle
Occurrences15 in the KJV · 14 verses

חָצָה in Scripture

Genesis 32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; Genesis 33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. Exodus 21:35 And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. Numbers 31:27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation: Numbers 31:42 And of the children of Israel' s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, Judges 7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man' s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. Judges 9:43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. 2 Kings 2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. 2 Kings 2:14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. Job 41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? Psalms 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. Isaiah 30:28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
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