חֲסַף
cha.saph
“clay”
Definition
a clod
(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that of H2636 (חַסְפַּס);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
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Occurrences
חֲסַף appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.
As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
And just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay.
And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.
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