Çᵉchâbâh — H5499

Definition

feminine noun

a rag

1. rag, clout (stuff pulled or dragged about)

Usually translated as

cast clout

Origin

from H5498

• Derived from Çâchab (H5498)

Greek equivalents

• rhákos (G4470)

Occurrences

Çᵉchâbâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• Jeremiah 38:11 — So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts (סְחָב֔וֹת) and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
• Jeremiah 38:12 — And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts (הַסְּחָב֤וֹת) and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.