- Original: חוּט - Transliteration: Chuwt - Phonetic: khoot - Definition: 1. a thread, cord, line, string - Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to sew - TWOT entry: 621a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root probably meaning to sew; a string; by implication a measuring tape: - cord fillet line thread. Total KJV Occurrences: 7 • cord, 1 Ecclesiastes 4:12 • fillet, 1 Jeremiah 52:21 • line, 1 1 Kings 7:15 • thread, 4 Genesis 14:23; Joshua 2:18; Judges 16:12; Song of Songs 4:3