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Lexicon :: Strong's H2026 - hāraḡ

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הָרַג
Transliteration
hāraḡ
Pronunciation
haw-rag'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 514

Strong’s Definitions

הָרַג hârag, haw-rag'; a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent:—destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), × surely.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x

The KJV translates Strong's H2026 in the following manner: slay (100x), kill (24x), kill... (3x), murderer (2x), destroyed (1x), murder (1x), out of hand (1x), made (1x), put (1x), slain (31x), slayer (1x), surely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x
The KJV translates Strong's H2026 in the following manner: slay (100x), kill (24x), kill... (3x), murderer (2x), destroyed (1x), murder (1x), out of hand (1x), made (1x), put (1x), slain (31x), slayer (1x), surely (1x).
  1. to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand

    1. (Qal)

      1. to kill, slay

      2. to destroy, ruin

    2. (Niphal) to be killed

    3. (Pual) to be killed, be slain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הָרַג hârag, haw-rag'; a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent:—destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), × surely.
STRONGS H2026: Abbreviations
הָרַג verb kill, slay (Late Hebrew id., ואהרג MI)1st person singular Imperfect consecutive); Arabic هَرَجَ fall into war, conflict, disorder, slaughter; Sabean הרג fight Os4, l. 17, kill SabDenkm24. 25) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ה׳ Judges 9:24 + 4 times, הָרָ֑ג 2 Samuel 14:7 + 2 times, וְהָרַג consecutive Isaiah 27:1; suffix וַהֲרָגָ֑נִי consecutive 1 Samuel 16:2 + 2 times; הֲרָגוֺ Genesis 4:25; etc.; Imperfect יַהֲרֹג Psalm 10:8 + 4 times; יַהֲרָגֿ Job 5:2; וַיַּהֲרֹג Exodus 13:15 + 14 times; suffix יַהַרְגֵנִי Genesis 4:14; 1st person singular אֶהֱרוֺג Amos 2:3, אֶהֱרֹג Amos 9:1; cohortative וְאַהַרְגָה Genesis 27:41; suffix וָאֶהֶרְגֵהוּ 2 Samuel 4:10; 2 Kings 10:9; 3rd person masculine plural יַהֲרֹ֑גוּ Psalm 94:6; Ezekiel 23:47; וַיַּהַרְגוּ Genesis 34:25 + 4 times; suffix יַהַרְגֻנִי Genesis 26:7, etc.; Imperative הֲרֹג Judges 8:20; suffix הָרְגֵנִי Numbers 11:15; plural הִרְגוּ Numbers 25:5 + 2 times; הֲרֹ֑גוּ Numbers 31:17; Infinitive absolute הָרֹג Numbers 11:15 + 2 times; הָרוֺג Esther 9:16; construct הֲרֹג Exodus 2:15 + 11 times; הֲרוֺג Ecclesiastes 3:8; Esther 7:4; suffix הָרְגֵנִי Exodus 2:14; הָרְגֵנוּ Exodus 5:21; הֲרָגְךָ 1 Samuel 24:11; הָרְגֶ֑ךָ Genesis 27:42 + 2 times; הָרְגוֺ Exodus 21:14; Participle active הֹרֵג Genesis 4:15 + 4 times; הוֺרֵג Ezekiel 21:16; הֹרְגֶ֑ךָ Ezekiel 28:9; הֹרְגִים Jeremiah 4:31; 2 Kings 17:25; passive הֲרוּגִים Isaiah 10:4 + 2 times; הֲרֻגִים Isaiah 14:19; construct הֲרֻגֵי Jeremiah 18:21; הֲרוּגָיו Isaiah 27:7; הֲרוּגֶיהָ Isaiah 26:21; הֲרֻגֶיהָ Proverbs 7:26; —
1.
a. kill, slay, implying ruthless violence, especially private violence Genesis 4:8, 14, 15, 23, 25; Genesis 12:12 (all J), Genesis 20:11 (E) Genesis 26:7; Genesis 27:41, 42; Genesis 34:25, 26; Genesis 37:20, 26 (all J), Genesis 49:6 (poem in J), Exodus 2:14 (twice in verse); Exodus 2:15 (E), Exodus 5:21 (J) Exodus 21:14; Exodus 23:7 (both J E), Numbers 31:19 (P) Judges 9:5, 18, 24 (twice in verse); Judges 9:56; Judges 16:2; Judges 20:5; 1 Samuel 16:2; 1 Samuel 22:21; 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 24:12; 1 Samuel 24:18; 2 Samuel 3:30; 2 Samuel 4:10, 11, 12; 2 Samuel 12:9; 2 Samuel 14:7; 2 Samuel 23:21; 1 Kings 2:5, 32; 1 Kings 18:12, 13, 14; 1 Kings 19:1, 10, 14; 2 Kings 9:31; 2 Kings 10:9; 1 Chronicles 7:21; 1 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 21:4, 13; 22:8; 24:23, 25; 25:3; Nehemiah 4:5; Nehemiah 6:10 (twice in verse); Zechariah 11:5; Psalm 10:8; Psalm 94:6 (|| רִצֵּחַ); compare Judges 8:18, 19, 20, 21; Judges 9:54; 1 Kings 12:27; Isaiah 14:20; 2 Chronicles 22:1; Nehemiah 9:26; so of massacre of Jews planned by Haman Esther 3:13; Esther 7:4 (both לְהַשְׁמִיד לַהֲרֹג וּלְאַבֵּד), and of slaughter of Jews' enemies in defence and revenge Esther 8:11 (same combination) Esther 9:6, 10, 12, 15, 16 compare Esther 9:11 (passive participle the slain).
b. hence of wholesale slaughter after battle Numbers 31:7, 8 (twice in verse); Numbers 31:17 (twice in verse) (all P), Joshua 8:24; Joshua 10:11 (both J E), Joshua 13:22 (P), Judges 7:25 (twice in verse); Judges 8:17; Judges 9:45; 2 Samuel 10:18; 1 Kings 9:16; 1 Kings 11:24; 2 Kings 8:12; 1 Chronicles 19:18; 2 Chronicles 28:6, 7, 9; 36:17; Ezekiel 26:8, 11, compare Judges 9:26; passive participle the slain Isaiah 10:4; Isaiah 14:19 compare Ezekiel 23:10, 47; Ezekiel 37:9; Jeremiah 18:21 הֲרֻגֵי מָוֶת (|| מֻכֵּיחֶֿרֶב); further Hosea 9:13; Habakkuk 1:17; Jeremiah 4:31; Ezekiel 21:16; Ezekiel 28:9; also of slaughter in a revolt 2 Kings 11:8 2 Chronicles 23:17.
2. of God's slaying in judgment (stern and inscrutable), Genesis 20:4 (E), Exodus 4:23; Exodus 13:15; Exodus 22:23 (all J E), Amos 2:3; Amos 4:10; Amos 9:1, 4; Lamentations 2:4, 21; Lamentations 3:43; Psalm 59:12; Psalm 78:31; Psalm 78:34; Psalm 135:10; Psalm 136:18 compare Numbers 11:15 (twice in verse) (JE), Numbers 22:33 (J), Isaiah 14:30, 26:21 (passive the slain, so Isaiah 27:7), Jeremiah 15:3; figurative הֲרַגְתִּים בְּאִמְרֵיפִֿ֑י Hosea 6:5 (|| בַּנְּבִיאִים חָצַבְתִּי).
3. rarely of judicial killing by men (at God's command), Exodus 32:27 (JE), Leviticus 20:15, 16 (H), Numbers 25:5 (JE), Deuteronomy 13:10 (twice in verse) compare Ezekiel 9:6 תַּהַרְגוּ לְמַשְׁחִית.
4. of killing beasts, Numbers 22:29 (J; Balaam's ass), Leviticus 20:15 compare above, Isaiah 22:13 (oxen; || שָׁחֹט), הִתַּנִּין אֲשֶׁר בַּיָּ֑ם Isaiah 27:1; also of killing vines, by hail Psalm 78:47.
5. of killing by beasts: lions 2 Kings 17:25, viper Job 20:16.
6. quite general is עֵת לַהֲרוֺג וְעֵת לִרְפּוֹא Ecclesiastes 3:3.
7. destroy, ruin לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרָגכָּֿ֑עַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָה Job 5:2; מְשׁוּבַת תְּאַבְּדֵם כְּסִילִים וְשַׁלְוַת תַּהַרְגֵם פְּתָיִם Proverbs 1:32; also of those ruined by shameless woman Proverbs 7:26. — Regular construction is with accusative; object sometimes omitted, as Lamentations 2:21; used absolute Hosea 9:13; Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 15:3; Lamentations 3:43; Ezekiel 21:16; Ecclesiastes 3:3; followed by בְּ slay among, i.e. some of, 2 Kings 17:25; 2 Chronicles 28:6, 9; Psalm 78:31; followed by מִן (part of), + accusative, 1 Chronicles 19:18; followed by direct object with לְ 2 Samuel 3:30; Job 5:2; Psalm 135:11 = Psalm 136:19; Psalm 136:20 (but in last 3 first object is accusative).
Niph. Imperfect
1. passive of Qal 1 a, יֵהָרֵג Lamentations 2:20 shall priest and prophet be slain in the sanctuary?
2. passive of Qal 1 b, 3rd person feminine plural תֵּהָרַגְנָה Ezekiel 26:6; also Ezekiel 26:15 בֵּהָרֵג הֶרֶג)= בְּהֵהָרֵג), but Greek Version of the LXX Co בַּהֲרֹג חֶרֶב.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֹרָ֑ג Isaiah 27:7 be slain (passive of Qal 1 b); compare1st person plural הֹרַגְנוּ Psalm 44:23 (|| נֶחְשַׁבְּנוּ כְּצאֹן טִבְחָה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:8; 4:14; 4:14; 4:15; 4:15; 4:23; 4:25; 4:25; 12:12; 20:4; 20:11; 26:7; 26:7; 27:41; 27:41; 27:42; 27:42; 34:25; 34:25; 34:26; 37:20; 37:26; 49:6

Exodus

2:14; 2:14; 2:15; 2:15; 4:23; 5:21; 5:21; 13:15; 13:15; 21:14; 21:14; 22:23; 23:7; 32:27

Leviticus

20:15; 20:15; 20:16

Numbers

11:15; 11:15; 11:15; 22:29; 22:33; 25:5; 25:5; 31:7; 31:8; 31:17; 31:17; 31:19

Deuteronomy

13:10

Joshua

8:24; 10:11; 13:22

Judges

7:25; 8:17; 8:18; 8:19; 8:20; 8:20; 8:21; 9:5; 9:18; 9:24; 9:24; 9:26; 9:45; 9:54; 9:56; 16:2; 20:5

1 Samuel

16:2; 16:2; 22:21; 24:11; 24:11; 24:12; 24:18

2 Samuel

3:30; 3:30; 4:10; 4:10; 4:11; 4:12; 10:18; 12:9; 14:7; 14:7; 23:21

1 Kings

2:5; 2:32; 9:16; 11:24; 12:27; 18:12; 18:13; 18:14; 19:1; 19:10; 19:14

2 Kings

8:12; 9:31; 10:9; 10:9; 11:8; 17:25; 17:25; 17:25

1 Chronicles

7:21; 11:23; 19:18; 19:18

2 Chronicles

21:4; 21:13; 22:1; 22:8; 23:17; 24:23; 24:25; 25:3; 28:6; 28:6; 28:7; 28:9; 28:9; 36:17

Nehemiah

4:5; 6:10; 9:26

Esther

3:13; 7:4; 7:4; 8:11; 9:6; 9:10; 9:11; 9:12; 9:15; 9:16; 9:16

Job

5:2; 5:2; 5:2; 20:16

Psalms

10:8; 10:8; 44:23; 59:12; 78:31; 78:31; 78:34; 78:47; 94:6; 94:6; 135:10; 135:11; 136:18; 136:19; 136:20

Proverbs

1:32; 7:26; 7:26

Ecclesiastes

3:3; 3:3; 3:8

Isaiah

10:4; 10:4; 14:19; 14:19; 14:20; 14:30; 22:13; 26:21; 26:21; 27:1; 27:1; 27:7; 27:7; 27:7

Jeremiah

4:31; 4:31; 4:31; 15:3; 15:3; 18:21; 18:21

Lamentations

2:4; 2:20; 2:21; 2:21; 3:43; 3:43

Ezekiel

9:6; 21:16; 21:16; 21:16; 23:10; 23:47; 23:47; 26:6; 26:8; 26:11; 26:15; 28:9; 28:9; 37:9

Hosea

6:5; 9:13; 9:13

Amos

2:3; 2:3; 4:10; 9:1; 9:1; 9:4

Habakkuk

1:17

Zechariah

11:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2026 matches the Hebrew הָרַג (hāraḡ),
which occurs 167 times in 158 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 4:8–Jdg 9:24)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - And Cain spoke to Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a wanderer and fugitive on the earth; and it will come to pass, that every one who finds me will slay me.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - And Jehovah said to him, Therefore, whoever slayeth Cain, it shall be revenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23 - And Lemech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, Ye wives of Lemech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for my wound, and a youth for my bruise.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:25 - And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ... For God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain has slain him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:12 - And it will come to pass when the Egyptians see thee, that they will say, She is his wife; and they will slay me, and save thee alive.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou also kill a righteous nation?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11 - And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, saying to himself, Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca -- because she was fair in countenance.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebecca. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, comforts himself that he will kill thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and took Dinah out of Shechem's house; and went out.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:26 - And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - And he said, Who made thee ruler and judge over us? dost thou intend to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared, and said, Surely the matter is known.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15 - And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat by the well.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me. And if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - And they said to them, Jehovah look upon you and judge, that ye have made our odour to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen, putting a sword into their hand to kill us!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of men and the firstborn of cattle: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb -- being males; and every firstborn of my children I ransom.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - But if a man act wantonly toward his neighbour, and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine anger, and repent of this evil against thy people!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he said to them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his hip; go and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbour.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:15 - And if a man lie with a beast for copulation, he shall certainly be put to death; and ye shall kill the beast.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:16 - And if a woman approach unto any beast to gender therewith, thou shalt kill the woman and the beast: they shall certainly be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:15 - And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - And Balaam said to the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill thee!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times; had she not turned from me, I had now certainly slain thee, and saved her alive.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:5 - And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay every one his men that have joined themselves to Baal-Peor.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - And they slew the kings of Midian, besides the others slain, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19 - And encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever hath killed a person, and whoever hath touched any slain; ye shall purify yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:9 - but thou shalt in any case kill him: thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 - And it came to pass when Israel had ended slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had chased them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:26 - And he did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, and they did not slay them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 - And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, -- they were at the descent of Beth-horon, -- that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them up to Azekah, and they died. They were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel had slain with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:22 - And Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, did the children of Israel kill with the sword among them that were slain by them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - And they took two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb; and they pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:18 - Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What sort of men were they that ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the sons of a king.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:19 - And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. As Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - And he said to Jether his firstborn, Arise, slay them! But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:21 - Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall on us; for as is the man, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna; and he took the moons that were on their camels' necks.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - And he came to his father's house, to Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy persons upon one stone; but there remained Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal; for he had hid himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - but ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his handmaid, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your brother;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the citizens of Shechem, who had strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

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