Strong's Concordance
Original word: חוּט
Transliteration: chut
Definition (short): thread
Definition (full): a string, a measuring tape
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from an unused word
Definition: thread, cord, line
NASB Translation: circumference* (1), cord (1), line (1), thread (4).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
From an unused root probably meaning to sew; a string; by implication, a measuring tape -- cord, fillet, line, thread.
References
KJV:
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
NASB:
that I will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
KJV:
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
NASB:
unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather to yourself into the house your father and your mother and your brothers and all your father's household.
KJV:
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
NASB:
So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" For the men were lying in wait in the inner room. But he snapped the ropes from his arms like a thread.