חָבַט (ḥābaṭ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning beat off. It appears
5 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2251).
Also rendered
to beat
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 591)
Range of meaning (TWOT 591)beat off, beat out; knock; beat, thresh
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָבַטverb: beat off, beat out
Qal
1.beat off
2.beat out (grain)
Niphalfennel beaten out
Strong's H2251חָבַט: to knock out or off KJV:beat (off, out), thresh.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.