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Strong's #2720 - חָרֵב

Transliteration

chârêb

Phonetics

khaw-rabe'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H2717)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TWOT

731a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) waste, desolate, dry

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (10)

Leviticus 1

Nehemiah 2

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 2

Haggai 2

HCS (0)

HCS (10)

Leviticus 1

Nehemiah 2

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 2

Haggai 2

BSB (8)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 2

Haggai 2

ESV (10)

Leviticus 1

Nehemiah 2

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 2

Haggai 2

WEB (10)

Leviticus 1

Nehemiah 2

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 2

Haggai 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2199) b r h (ההרב HhRB) AC: Waste CO: Sword AB: ?: [from: rh- heat]

V) b r h (ההרב HhRB) - Waste: A dry wasteland. Also a place that has been laid waste and made desolate. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (41): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Pual, Participle) waste, dry, desolate, slay, decay, destroy - Strongs: H2717 (חָרַב), H2718 (חֲרַב)

N^f) b r h (ההרב HhRB) - I. Sword:A weapon used to lay waste a city. II. Waste:A dry or desolate place. KJV (423): sword, knife, dagger, axe, mattock - Strongs: H2719 (חֶרֶב), H2720 (חָרֵב)

N^f1) e b r h (ההרבה HhRBH) - Waste: KJV (50): waste, desolate, desert, decayed, dry land, dry ground - Strongs: H2723 (חָרְבָּה), H2724 (חָרָבָה)

g^m) b r f h (ההורב HhWRB) - I. Heat: II. Waste: KJV (16): heat, dry, drought, waste, desolation - Strongs: H2721 (חֹרֶב)

j^m) n f b r h (ההרבונ HhRBWN) - Drought: KJV (1): drought - Strongs: H2725 (חֲרָבוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [חָרֵב] adjective dry, only feminine singular חֲרֵבָה Leviticus 7:10 of meal-offering not moistened (with oil; P); מַּתֿחֲרֵבָה Proverbs 17:1 a dry morsel.

II. חָרֵב adjective waste, desolate; — masculine singular absolute ׳ח Jeremiah 33:10 3t.; feminine singular חֲרֵבָה Nehemiah 2:3 2t.; feminine plural הֶחֳרֵבוֺת Ezekiel 36:35,38 (see Kö^{i. 241}); — of a city, defined מֵאֵיןאָדָם וּמֵאֵין בְּהֵמָה Jeremiah 33:10, compare Jeremiah 33:12; also Nehemiah 2:3,17; הֶעָרִים הֶחֳרֵבוֺת Ezekiel 36:35 (+ הַנְשַׁמּוֺת, הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת; opposed to בְּצוּרוֺת יָשָׁב֑וּ).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָרֵב adj. fem. חֲרֵבָה

(1) dry, Leviticus 7:10; Proverbs 17:1.

(2) laid waste, destroyed, Jeremiah 33:10, 12 Jeremiah 33:12; Nehemiah 2:3, 17 Ezekiel 36:35.

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List of Word Forms

הֶחֳרֵב֔וֹת הֶחֳרֵב֛וֹת הֶחָרֵ֛ב החרב החרבות וַחֲרֵבָ֑ה וחרבה חֲ֭רֵבָה חָרֵ֔ב חָרֵ֣ב חָרֵֽב׃ חרב חרב׃ חרבה chaRev Charevah ḥă·rê·ḇāh ḥā·rêḇ ḥārêḇ ḥărêḇāh he·ḥā·rêḇ he·ḥo·rê·ḇō·wṯ hechaRev hechoreVot heḥārêḇ heḥorêḇōwṯ vachareVah wa·ḥă·rê·ḇāh waḥărêḇāh