Bible Dictionary
CHAPT
Chapt means cracked or broken. In Jeremiah 14:4 it describes ground split open by drought; the same underlying term can also mean terrified or dismayed.
Definition
Chapt means cracked, broken, or split open. The underlying Hebrew term may also mean terrified or dismayed, so translations differ according to context.
Biblical Usage
In Jeremiah 14:4, chapt describes ground cracked open by drought. The same term can carry the sense of being broken, terrified, or dismayed.
Historical Background
“Chapt” or “chapped” is an older English expression for something cracked open, corresponding to the Hebrew idea of being broken.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>(chathath): The Hebrew term chathath means "broken," "terrified" or "dismayed." This term as it occurs in Jer 14:4 is rendered "chapt" in English Versions of the Bible, "cracked" in the American Standard Revised Version, and "dismayed" in the Revised Version, margin. Inasmuch as the Hebrew term means "broken," it is not incorrectly rendered "chapt" or "chapped," which means to be cracked Open.</p>