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Lexicon :: Strong's H2738 - ḥārûl

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חָרוּל
Transliteration
ḥārûl
Pronunciation
khaw-rool'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently, a pass. participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly
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TWOT Reference: 743a

Strong’s Definitions

חָרוּל chârûwl, khaw-rool'; or (shortened) חָרֻל chârul; apparently, a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly; properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed:—nettle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H2738 in the following manner: nettle (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H2738 in the following manner: nettle (3x).

  1. nettles, weeds, kind of weed (perhaps chickpea)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרוּל chârûwl, khaw-rool'; or (shortened) חָרֻל chârul; apparently, a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly; properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed:—nettle.
STRONGS H2738: Abbreviations
† חָרוּל noun [masculine] a kind of weed, perhaps chickpea (cicercula), see Löwp. 153 (Syriac bdb035504 fodder for horses; Targum Proverbs 24:31 gives חוּרְלָא) — absolute ח׳ Job 30:6; Zephaniah 2:9; plural חֲרֻלִים Proverbs 24:31; — as growing in devastated land, collective Zephaniah 2:9; in vineyard of slothful, plural כִּסּוּ פניו ח׳ Proverbs 24:31 (|| קִמְּשׂגִים); as sole shelter of certain outcast peoples Job 30:7 (שִׂיחִים).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

30:6; 30:7

Proverbs

24:31; 24:31; 24:31

Zephaniah

2:9; 2:9

H2738

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2738 matches the Hebrew חָרוּל (ḥārûl),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:7 - They sound like animals howling among the bushes,
huddled together beneath the nettles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:31 - I saw that it was overgrown with nettles.
It was covered with weeds,
and its walls were broken down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Now, as surely as I live,”
says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,
“Moab and Ammon will be destroyed—
destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.
Their land will become a place of stinging nettles,
salt pits, and eternal desolation.
The remnant of my people will plunder them
and take their land.”
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