锄
chú
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How is 锄 read in the Chinese Bible?
锄 is read chú in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses across 3 books, first in 1 Samuel 13:20. Common words: 锄地.
- Occurrences
- 4
- Verses
- 4
- Books
- 3
- First in
- 1 Samuel 13:20
Words it forms in the Bible
Meaning: hoe; to eradicate, to weed out
In the text
- 1 Samuel 13:20
以色列人要磨锄、犁、斧、铲，就下到非利士人那里去磨。
- Isaiah 5:6
我必使它荒废，不再修理， 不再锄刨，荆棘蒺藜倒要生长。 我也必命云不降雨在其上。
- Isaiah 7:25
所有用锄刨挖的山地，你因怕荆棘和蒺藜，不敢上那里去；只可成了放牛之处，为羊践踏之地。」
- Luke 16:3
那管家心里说：『主人辞我，不用我再作管家，我将来做什么？锄地呢？无力；讨饭呢？怕羞。
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.