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It conveys the action of making a hole or penetrating through a surface, often used metaphorically to describe a thorough search or exploration. In the context of the Bible, it can imply a diligent seeking or uncovering of something hidden.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, digging was a common activity, whether for constructing wells, searching for resources, or preparing land for agriculture. The metaphorical use of "chathar" to describe searching or exploring reflects the importance of discovery and understanding in Hebrew thought. This concept is often linked to the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge, which were highly valued in biblical times.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to dig, row<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>dig (5), dug (2), rowed (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">חָתַר</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>dig, row</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id., bore</em> (through), so Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">חֲתַר</font> <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> (rare)) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/24-16.htm">Job 24:16</a>, <font class="hebrew2">חָתַרְתִּי</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/12-7.htm">Ezekiel 12:7</a>; <em>Imperfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">וָאֶחְתֹּר</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/8-8.htm">Ezekiel 8:8</a>, <font class="hebrew2">יַחְתְּרוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/12-12.htm">Ezekiel 12:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/amos/9-2.htm">Amos 9:2</a>, <font class="hebrew2">וַיַּחְתְּרוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/jonah/1-13.htm">Jonah 1:13</a>; <em>Imperative</em> <font class="hebrew2">חֲתָרֿ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/8-8.htm">Ezekiel 8:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>dig into</em> houses, with accusative <font class="hebrew2">בָּתִּים</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/24-16.htm">Job 24:16</a> (of burglary); followed by <font class="hebrew2">בְּ</font> into or through a wall <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/8-8.htm">Ezekiel 8:8</a> (twice in verse) (Co strike out on internal grounds), <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5</a>,7,12; metaphor followed by <font class="hebrew2">בשׁאול</font> <a href="/interlinear/amos/9-2.htm">Amos 9:2</a> <em>dig into She'ôl</em>, i.e. as a refuge. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <em>row</em> (as <em>digging</em> into the water) <a href="/interlinear/jonah/1-13.htm">Jonah 1:13</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>dig through, row <p>A primitive root; to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars -- dig (through), row. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וַיַּחְתְּר֣וּ וָאֶחְתֹּ֣ר ואחתר ויחתרו חֲתָר־ חָתַ֥ר חָתַֽרְתִּי־ חתר חתר־ חתרתי־ יַחְתְּר֖וּ יַחְתְּר֣וּ יחתרו chaTar chatarti chator ḥā·ṯar ḥă·ṯār- ḥā·ṯar·tî- ḥāṯar ḥăṯār- ḥāṯartî- vaechTor vaiyachteRu wā’eḥtōr wā·’eḥ·tōr way·yaḥ·tə·rū wayyaḥtərū yachteRu yaḥ·tə·rū yaḥtərū<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/job/24-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 24:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> חָתַ֥ר </b> בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> In the dark <span class="itali">they dig</span> into houses,<br><a href="/kjvs/job/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> In the dark <span class="itali">they dig through</span> houses,<br><a href="/interlinear/job/24-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">dig</span> the dark houses<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/8-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 8:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בֶּן־ אָדָ֖ם <b> חֲתָר־ </b> נָ֣א בַקִּ֑יר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> now <span class="itali">dig</span> through the wall.<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of man, <span class="itali">dig</span> now in the wall:<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/8-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Son of man <span class="itali">dig</span> now the wall<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/8-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 8:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נָ֣א בַקִּ֑יר <b> וָאֶחְתֹּ֣ר </b> בַּקִּ֔יר וְהִנֵּ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> through the wall. <span class="itali">So I dug</span> through the wall,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> now in the wall: <span class="itali">and when I had digged</span> in the wall,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/8-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> now the wall <span class="itali">dug</span> the wall and behold<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/12-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 12:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם <b> חֲתָר־ </b> לְךָ֣ בַקִּ֑יר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Dig</span> a hole through the wall<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Dig</span> thou through the wall<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/12-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> their sight <span class="itali">Dig</span> the wall and go<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/12-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 12:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יוֹמָ֔ם וּבָעֶ֛רֶב <b> חָתַֽרְתִּי־ </b> לִ֥י בַקִּ֖יר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Then in the evening <span class="itali">I dug</span> through the wall<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and in the even <span class="itali">I digged</span> through the wall<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/12-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> day the evening <span class="itali">dug</span> the wall my hands<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/12-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 12:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְיֵצֵ֔א בַּקִּ֥יר <b> יַחְתְּר֖וּ </b> לְה֣וֹצִיא ב֑וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and go <span class="itali">out. They will dig</span> a hole through the wall<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and shall go forth: <span class="itali">they shall dig</span> through the wall<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/12-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and go the wall <span class="itali">will dig</span> to bring his face<p><b><a href="/text/amos/9-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Amos 9:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> אִם־ <b> יַחְתְּר֣וּ </b> בִשְׁא֔וֹל מִשָּׁ֖ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/amos/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Though <span class="itali">they dig</span> into Sheol,<br><a href="/kjvs/amos/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Though they dig</span> into hell,<br><a href="/interlinear/amos/9-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Though <span class="itali">dig</span> Sheol there<p><b><a href="/text/jonah/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jonah 1:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jonah/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וַיַּחְתְּר֣וּ </b> הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים לְהָשִׁ֛יב</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jonah/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> However, the men <span class="itali">rowed</span> [desperately] to return<br><a href="/kjvs/jonah/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Nevertheless the men <span class="itali">rowed hard</span> to bring<br><a href="/interlinear/jonah/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">rowed</span> the men return<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2864.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2864.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2864<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chatar_2864.htm">ḥā·ṯar — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/chatarti_2864.htm">ḥā·ṯar·tî- — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/chator_2864.htm">ḥă·ṯār- — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaechtor_2864.htm">wā·’eḥ·tōr — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaiyachteru_2864.htm">way·yaḥ·tə·rū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yachteru_2864.htm">yaḥ·tə·rū — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/2863.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2863"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2863" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/2865.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2865"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2865" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>