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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2802 - חֶרֶת

Transliteration

Chereth

Phonetics

kheh'-reth

Origin

from (H2801) (but equivalent to (H2793))

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Hareth = "forest"
1. a forest whose site is now unknown

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

1 Samuel 1

BSB (1)

1 Samuel 1

CSB (1)

1 Samuel 1

ESV (1)

1 Samuel 1

KJV (1)

1 Samuel 1

LEB (1)

1 Samuel 1

LSB (1)

1 Samuel 1

N95 (1)

1 Samuel 1

NAS (1)

1 Samuel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

1 Samuel 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[חֶרֶת] proper name, of a location, only in יַעַר חָ֫רֶת 1 Samuel 22:5.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֶרֶת (prob. i.q. חֹרֶשׁ “wood” [“a cutting, hence i.q. חֹרֶשׁ”]), [Hereth], pr. name of a wood in the mountains of Judah, 1 Samuel 22:5.

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List of Word Forms

חָֽרֶת׃ חרת׃ Charet ḥā·reṯ ḥāreṯ