Chătsaph — H2685

Definition

verb

properly, to shear or cut close; figuratively, to be severe

1. (Aphel) to be urgent, harsh, show insolence

Usually translated as

hasty, be urgent

Origin

(Aramaic) a primitive root

Occurrences

Chătsaph occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (2)

• Daniel 2:15 — He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty (מְהַחְצְפָ֖ה) from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
• Daniel 3:22 — Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent (מַחְצְפָ֔ה), and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.