חֹטֵר

choter · rod, shoot

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2415 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

choter (חֹטֵר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rod, shoot”.

A rod, a branch or shoot.

How to say it

cho·ter

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A new sprout coming from the stump.
  2. A stick that strikes; here, pride that lashes.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • rod ×1
  • shoot ×1

Where it appears

  • Proverbs 14:3

    In the mouth of a fool is a rod of loftiness, but the lips of the wise will guard them.

  • Isaiah 11:1

    And a shoot will come out from the trunk of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.