Bible word study

Chathath (Strong’s H2865): Meaning in the Bible

Chathath (חָתַת) is the Hebrew word numbered H2865 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear. In the King James Bible it is translated abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down.

• Original wordחָתַת
• Transliterationchâthath
• Pronunciationkhaw-thath'
• Part of speechverb (v)
• Strong’s numberH2865
• LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Chathath appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Chathath (H2865) stands behind 54 English renderings in 48 verses across 13 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Jeremiah (19), Isaiah (12), Job (5).

How the King James Bible renders Chathath, by count

• dismayed27 of 54 (50 percent)
• afraid6 of 54 (11 percent)
• pieces6 of 54 (11 percent)
• down4 of 54 (7 percent)
• broken3 of 54 (6 percent)
• abolished1 of 54 (2 percent)

Three places to read Chathath

• Deuteronomy 1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
• Job 32:15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
• Jeremiah 17:18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Chathath in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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