How is 削 read in the Chinese Bible?
削 is read xiāo / xuē in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses across 5 books, first in Isaiah 10:33.
- Occurrences
- 9
- Verses
- 9
- Books
- 5
- First in
- Isaiah 10:33
Readings
This character has 2 readings in the text; each verse below marks the one it has there.
- xiāo × 8
- xuē × 1
Words it forms in the Bible
- 削xiāo× 9to peel with a knife
Meaning: to pare, to scrape, to trim
In the text
- Isaiah 10:33
看哪,主—万军之耶和华 以惊吓削去树枝; 长高的必被砍下, 高大的必被伐倒。
- Isaiah 18:5
收割之先,花开已谢, 花也成了将熟的葡萄; 他必用镰刀削去嫩枝, 又砍掉蔓延的枝条,
- Isaiah 40:4
一切山洼都要填满, 大小山冈都要削平; 高高低低的要改为平坦, 崎崎岖岖的必成为平原。
- Matthew 26:51
有跟随耶稣的一个人伸手拔出刀来,将大祭司的仆人砍了一刀,削掉了他一个耳朵。
- Mark 14:47
旁边站着的人,有一个拔出刀来,将大祭司的仆人砍了一刀,削掉了他一个耳朵。
- Luke 3:5
一切山洼都要填满; 大小山冈都要削平! 弯弯曲曲的地方要改为正直; 高高低低的道路要改为平坦!
- Luke 22:50
内中有一个人把大祭司的仆人砍了一刀,削掉了他的右耳。
- John 18:10
西门·彼得带着一把刀,就拔出来,将大祭司的仆人砍了一刀,削掉他的右耳;那仆人名叫马勒古。
- John 18:26
有大祭司的一个仆人,是彼得削掉耳朵那人的亲属,说:「我不是看见你同他在园子里吗?」
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.