From an unused root probably meaning to sew; a string; by implication, a measuring tape -- cord, fillet, line, thread.
Englishman's Concordance
1) a thread, cord, line, string Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root probably meaning to sew Same Word by TWOT Number: 621a
1thread, as easily broken Judges 16:12 (simile); as composing a rope or cord; הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה׳תִּקְוַת חJoshua 2:18 (JE) this cord of scarlet thread (literally the cord of this thread of scarlet); probably also מִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרוֺךְ נַעַלGenesis 14:23from a thread to a sandal-thong; in simile ׳כְּחהַשָּׁנִיSongs 4:3like a thread of scarlet are thy lips.
Genesis 14:23 HEB: אִם־ מִחוּט֙ וְעַ֣ד שְׂרֽוֹךְ־ NAS: that I will not take a thread or a sandal KJV: That I will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, INT: will not A thread against thong
Joshua 2:18 HEB:אֶת־ תִּקְוַ֡ת חוּט֩ הַשָּׁנִ֨י הַזֶּ֜ה NAS: of scarlet thread in the window KJV: of scarlet thread in the window INT: the land cord thread of scarlet this
Judges 16:12 HEB:מֵעַ֥ל זְרֹעֹתָ֖יו כַּחֽוּט׃ NAS: the ropes from his arms like a thread. KJV: them from off his arms like a thread. INT: from his arms A thread
1 Kings 7:15 HEB:הָעַמּ֣וּד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְחוּט֙ שְׁתֵּים־ עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה NAS: pillar, and a line of twelve KJV: apiece: and a line of twelve INT: pillar of one line of both ten
Ecclesiastes 4:12 HEB:יַעַמְד֣וּ נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְהַחוּט֙ הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ לֹ֥א NAS: can resist him. A cord of three KJV: him; and a threefold cord is not quickly INT: shall withstand him A cord of three is not
Songs 4:3 HEB: כְּח֤וּט הַשָּׁנִי֙ שִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִךְ NAS: are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth KJV: Thy lips [are] like a thread of scarlet, INT:thread A scarlet your lips
Jeremiah 52:21 HEB:הָעַמֻּ֣ד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְח֛וּט שְׁתֵּים־ עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה KJV: cubits; and a fillet of twelve INT: pillar of each fillet both ten