King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2757
Transliteration: charits
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-reets')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument
Meaning: incisure, incised, a threshing-sledge, a slice
Word Summary
charits: a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument
Original Word: חָרִיץTransliteration: charits
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-reets')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument
Meaning: incisure, incised, a threshing-sledge, a slice
Strong's Concordance
cheese, harrow Or charits {khaw-reets'}; from charats; properly, incisure or (passively) incised (compare charuwts); hence, a threshing-sledge (with sharp teeth): also a slice (as cut) -- + cheese, harrow.
see HEBREW charats
see HEBREW charuwts
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2757. charits
[חָרִיץ] noun masculine1 Samuel 17:18 a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument; — plural construct חֲרִיצֵי 17:18; 1 Chronicles 20:3; חֲרִצֵי 2 Samuel 12:31; —
1 ׳ח הֶחָלָב 1 Samuel 17:18 cuts of milk i.e. cheeses.
2 sharp instrument of iron, 2 Samuel 12:31 = 1 Chronicles 20:3 ובח ׳בַּמְּגֵרָה וּבַמְּגֵרָוֺת הַבַּרְזֶל (compare Amos 1:3 below חרוץ 1, and DrSm).