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It conveys the action of forcefully hitting or striking an object, typically for the purpose of separating grain from chaff or for other agricultural processes. The term can also be used metaphorically to describe the act of subduing or overcoming obstacles.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, agriculture was a central part of daily life and economy. Threshing was a common practice where grain was separated from the husks and straw. This was often done by beating the grain with a flail or by using animals to tread on it. The verb "chabat" reflects this agricultural context, illustrating the physical labor and techniques used in ancient farming practices. The imagery of threshing is also used in the Bible to symbolize judgment and purification, where the righteous are separated from the wicked.<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 beat off, beat out<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>beat (2), beaten (1), beating (1), threshing (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">חָבַט</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>beat off, beat out</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.; strike, beat</em>, Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb028601.gif">, Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb028602.gif">, <font class="hebrew2">חֲבַט</font>) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">יַחְבֹּט</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27-12.htm">Isaiah 27:12</a>; 3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">וַתַּחְבֹּט</font> <a href="/interlinear/ruth/2-17.htm">Ruth 2:17</a>; 2masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">תַּחְבֹּט</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/24-20.htm">Deuteronomy 24:20</a>; <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">חֹבֵט</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/6-11.htm">Judges 6:11</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>beat off</em>, <font class="hebrew2">זֵיתְךָ</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/24-20.htm">Deuteronomy 24:20</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <em>beat out</em> (grain), Gideon <font class="hebrew2">חֹבֵט חִטִּים בַּגַּת</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/6-11.htm">Judges 6:11</a>, so <a href="/interlinear/ruth/2-17.htm">Ruth 2:17</a>, of small quantities; — distinct from threshing on open floor, with cattle; figurative of <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font>s judgment, and subsequent gathering of Israel <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27-12.htm">Isaiah 27:12</a> (no object expressed), so Che Di Du; Ges Hi Kn Brd place below <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font>; VB undecided. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Niph`al</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">יֵחָ֫בֶט</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-27.htm">Isaiah 28:27</a> fennel (<font class="hebrew2">קֵצַךְ</font>) beaten out <font class="hebrew2">בַּמַּטֶּה</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">חֲבָיָה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">חֲבִיָּה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">חֳבָיָה</font> see below <font class="hebrew2">חבה</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">חֶבְיוֺן</font> see below <font class="hebrew2">חבה</font>. <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>beat off, out, thresh <p>A primitive root; to knock out or off -- beat (off, out), thresh. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וַתַּחְבֹּט֙ ותחבט חֹבֵ֤ט חבט יֵחָ֥בֶט יַחְבֹּ֧ט יחבט תַחְבֹּט֙ תחבט choVet ḥō·ḇêṭ ḥōḇêṭ tachBot ṯaḥ·bōṭ ṯaḥbōṭ vattachBot wat·taḥ·bōṭ wattaḥbōṭ yachBot yaḥ·bōṭ yaḥbōṭ yê·ḥā·ḇeṭ yeChavet yêḥāḇeṭ<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/deuteronomy/24-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 24:20</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> כִּ֤י <b> תַחְבֹּט֙ </b> זֵֽיתְךָ֔ לֹ֥א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> When <span class="itali">you beat</span> your olive tree,<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">When thou beatest</span> thine olive tree,<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/24-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> When <span class="itali">beat</span> your olive over<p><b><a href="/text/judges/6-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 6:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְגִדְע֣וֹן בְּנ֗וֹ <b> חֹבֵ֤ט </b> חִטִּים֙ בַּגַּ֔ת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Gideon <span class="itali">was beating</span> out wheat<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Gideon <span class="itali">threshed</span> wheat<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/6-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Gideon his son <span class="itali">was beating</span> wheat the wine<p><b><a href="/text/ruth/2-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ruth 2:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַד־ הָעָ֑רֶב <b> וַתַּחְבֹּט֙ </b> אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ruth/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> evening. <span class="itali">Then she beat</span> out what<br><a href="/kjvs/ruth/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> until even, <span class="itali">and beat out</span> that she had gleaned:<br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/2-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> until evening <span class="itali">beat</span> what had gleaned<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/27-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 27:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא <b> יַחְבֹּ֧ט </b> יְהוָ֛ה מִשִּׁבֹּ֥לֶת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the LORD <span class="itali">will start [His] threshing</span> from the flowing stream<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [that] the LORD <span class="itali">shall beat off</span> from the channel<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> day he <span class="itali">will start threshing</span> God the channel<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/28-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 28:27</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִּ֧י בַמַּטֶּ֛ה <b> יֵחָ֥בֶט </b> קֶ֖צַח וְכַמֹּ֥ן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> But dill <span class="itali">is beaten</span> out with a rod,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but the fitches <span class="itali">are beaten out</span> with a staff,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with A rod <span class="itali">is beaten</span> dill and cummin<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2251.htm">5 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2251.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2251<br>5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chovet_2251.htm">ḥō·ḇêṭ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tachbot_2251.htm">ṯaḥ·bōṭ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vattachbot_2251.htm">wat·taḥ·bōṭ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yachbot_2251.htm">yaḥ·bōṭ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yechavet_2251.htm">yê·ḥā·ḇeṭ — 1 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 = 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