חֵץ chêts

Meaning

properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear

In the King James Version: [phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.

Derivation: from H2686 (חָצַץ); also by interchange for H6086 (עֵץ)

Where it is used

• Genesis 49:23 The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
• Numbers 24:8 God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
• Deuteronomy 32:23 I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
• Deuteronomy 32:42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
• 1 Samuel 20:20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
• 1 Samuel 20:21 Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.
• 1 Samuel 20:22 But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.
• 1 Samuel 20:36 He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
• 1 Samuel 20:38 Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
• 2 Samuel 22:15 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
• 2 Kings 13:15 Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows.
• 2 Kings 13:17 “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”
• 2 Kings 13:18 Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows!” So he took them, and Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” So he struck the ground three times and stopped.
• 2 Kings 19:32 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
• 1 Chronicles 12:2 they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
• 2 Chronicles 26:15 And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.
• Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
• Job 34:6 Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
• Psalms 7:13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
• Psalms 11:2 For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
• Psalms 18:14 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
• Psalms 38:2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
• Psalms 45:5 Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
• Psalms 57:4 My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
• Psalms 58:7 May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
• Psalms 64:3 who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
• Psalms 64:7 But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
• Psalms 77:17 The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
• Psalms 91:5 You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
• Psalms 120:4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
• Psalms 127:4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
• Psalms 144:6 Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
• Proverbs 7:23 until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
• Proverbs 25:18 Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
• Proverbs 26:18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
• Isaiah 5:28 Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
• Isaiah 7:24 Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
• Isaiah 37:33 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
• Isaiah 49:2 He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.
• Jeremiah 9:8 Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
• Jeremiah 50:9 For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
• Jeremiah 50:14 Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
• Jeremiah 51:11 Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
• Lamentations 3:12 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
• Ezekiel 5:16 When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
• Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
• Ezekiel 39:3 Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
• Ezekiel 39:9 Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
• Habakkuk 3:11 Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
• Zechariah 9:14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.