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Lexicon :: Strong's H2717 - ḥāraḇ

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חָרַב
Transliteration
ḥāraḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-rab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 731,732

Strong’s Definitions

חָרַב chârab, khaw-rab'; or חֲרֵב chărêb; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill:—decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, × surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's H2717 in the following manner: waste (16x), dry (7x), dry up (7x), desolate (3x), slay (2x), decayeth (1x), destroyed (1x), destroyer (1x), surely (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x
The KJV translates Strong's H2717 in the following manner: waste (16x), dry (7x), dry up (7x), desolate (3x), slay (2x), decayeth (1x), destroyed (1x), destroyer (1x), surely (1x), utterly (1x).

  1. to be waste, lay waste, make desolate, be desolate, be in ruins

    1. (Qal) to be waste, be desolate

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be made desolate

      2. desolate (participle)

    3. (Hiphil) to lay waste, make desolate

    4. (Hophal) to be laid waste

  2. to be dry, be dried up

    1. (Qal) to be dried, be dried up

    2. (Pual) to be dried

    3. (Hiphil) to dry up

    4. (Hophal) to be dried up

  3. to attack, smite down, slay, fight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרַב chârab, khaw-rab'; or חֲרֵב chărêb; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill:—decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, × surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.
STRONGS H2717: Abbreviations
† I. [חָרֵב] verb be dry, dried up (compare יָבֵשׁ) (Aramaic חֲרוֺב be dry, חוּרְבָּא drought); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural חָֽרְבוּ Genesis 8:13 (twice in verse), Isaiah 19:6; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֶחֱרַב Hosea 13:15 + 2 times, וַיֶּחֱרָ֑ב Psalm 106:9; Imperative feminine singular חֳרָ֑בִי Isaiah 44:27; — be dry, dried up:
1. of ground, be freed from waters of flood הָאֳדמָה פְּנֵי ח׳ Genesis 8:13b (J).
2. of waters, be dried up, taken away; of waters of flood Genesis 8:13a (P); of Nile וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵשׁ Isaiah 19:5 (|| וְנִשְּׁתוּמַֿיִם מֵהַיָּם), see same combination Job 14:11 (|| אָֽזְלו מַיִם מִנִּייָֿם); Isaiah 19:6 (|| דָּֽלֲלוּ) Isaiah 44:27 (|| הוֺבִישׁ); of Red Sea Psalm 106:9; figurative of Ephraim's freshness and vigour Hosea 13:15.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person plural לֹא חֹרָ֑בוּ Judges 16:7, 8, of fresh bow-strings (of gut, see Bla).
Hiph. Perfect הֶחֱרִיב Nahum 1:4, of י׳'s drying up rivers (|| וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ), perhaps also Isaiah 11:15 (for MT החרים) see Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Targum; וְהַחֲרַבְתִּ֫י the Euphrates Jeremiah 51:36 (|| הוֺבַשְׁתִּי); Imperfect אַחֲרִיב יָם Isaiah 50:2, subject י׳, I dry up a sea (|| אָשִׂים נְהָרוֺת מִדְבָּר); אַחְרִב Isaiah 37:25 ＝אַחֲרִב 2 Kings 19:24, of king of Assyria drying up rivers of Egypt; Participle feminine singular הַמַּחֲרֶבֶת Isaiah 51:10 of י׳'s arm drying up (Red) Sea.

† II. [חָרֵב] be waste, desolate (Late Hebrew חָרֵב id.; Aramaic חֲרוֺב Bfro be laid waste; Zinjirli חרב adjective; Arabic خَرِبَ be in ruins, waste, depopulated; Assyrian ḫarâbu, be waste, DlPr 175, ḫuribtu, desert, LotzTP); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֶּחֱרַ֔ב Jeremiah 26:9, תֶּחֱרָ֔ב Isaiah 34:10; 3rd person masculine plural יֶחֶרְבוּ Ezekiel 6:6, יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ Amos 7:9; Isaiah 60:12; 3rd person feminine plural תֶּחֱרַבְנָה Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 12:20; Imperative חָרְבוּ (so, not חָֽרְבוּ — Theile — see van d. H. Hahn Köi. 244) Jeremiah 2:12; Infinitive absolute חָרֹב Isaiah 60:12; — be waste, desolate; of sanctuaries of Israel Amos 7:9 (|| נָשַׁמּוּ), of altars Ezekiel 6:6; of cities Jeremiah 26:9; Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 12:20 (|| שׁמם); of nations Isaiah 34:10, חָרֹב יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ Isaiah 60:12 (|| יאֹבֵדוּ); figurative, in address to the heavens חָרְבוּ מְאֹד Jeremiah 2:12 — (|| שֹׁמּוּ, וְשַׂעֲרוּ), be very desolate (at sins of Israel); others, be amazed, astounded (on relation of meanings see שׁמם).
Niph. Participle feminine נֶחֱרֶבֶת Ezekiel 26:19 as adjective, desolate city, i.e. uninhabited, see context; נַחֲרָבוֺת Ezekiel 30:17 of desolate countries (|| נָשַׁמּוּ).
Hiph. Perfect הֶחֱרִיב Ezekiel 19:17; 1st person singular הֶחֱרַבְתִּי Zephaniah 3:6; 3rd person plural הֶחֱרִיבוּ Isaiah 37:18; 2 Kings 19:17; Imperfect 1st person singular אַחֲרִיב Isaiah 42:15; Participle מַחֲרִיב Judges 16:24; plural with suffix מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ Isaiah 49:17; — lay waste, make desolate, human subject; nations and lands Isaiah 37:18 ＝2 Kings 19:17; Isaiah 42:15, compare participle Isaiah 49:17 (|| מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ); add probably with We Amos 4:9 (הֶחֱרַבְתִּי for the untranslateable הַרְבּוֺת) I have devastated your gardens and vineyards; participle Judges 16:24 desolater of our country (|| הִרְבָּה אֶתחֲֿלָלֵנ֑וּ); object cities Ezekiel 19:7; streets Zephaniah 3:6 (|| נָשַׁמּוּ).
Hoph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הָחֳרָ֑בָה Ezekiel 26:2 she is laid waste, of a city; Participle מָחֳרָבוֺת Ezekiel 29:12 laid waste, of cities (|| שׁמם).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2718.

† III. [חָרַב] verb (Aramaic and rare) attack, smite down (compare Arabic حَرَبَ plunder, III. wage war with, VI. fight together, حَرْبً war, battle; Syriac Bfro smite, slay) —
Qal Imperative masculine singular חֲרֹב Jeremiah 50:21 attack (+ וְהַחֲרֵם אַחֲרֵיהֶם); masculine plural חִרְבוּ Jeremiah 50:27 object כָּל־פָּרֶיהָ, figurative of men of Babylon.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נֶחֶרְבוּ המלכים (see Hoph.) הָחֳרֵב 2 Kings 3:23 the kings have attacked one another, fought together (|| וַיַּכּוּ אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ).
Hoph. Infinitive absolute 2 Kings 3:23, see Niph., but read perhaps הֵחָרֵב, compare Dr Leviticus 19:20, note.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:13; 8:13; 8:13

Leviticus

19:20

Judges

16:7; 16:8; 16:24; 16:24

2 Kings

3:23; 3:23; 19:17; 19:17; 19:24

Job

14:11

Psalms

106:9; 106:9

Isaiah

11:15; 19:5; 19:6; 19:6; 34:10; 34:10; 37:18; 37:18; 37:25; 42:15; 42:15; 44:27; 44:27; 49:17; 49:17; 50:2; 51:10; 60:12; 60:12; 60:12

Jeremiah

2:12; 2:12; 26:9; 26:9; 50:21; 50:27; 51:36

Ezekiel

6:6; 6:6; 6:6; 6:6; 12:20; 12:20; 19:7; 26:2; 26:19; 29:12; 30:17

Hosea

13:15; 13:15

Amos

4:9; 7:9; 7:9

Nahum

1:4

Zephaniah

3:6; 3:6

H2717

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Strong's Number H2717 matches the Hebrew חָרַב (ḥāraḇ),
which occurs 42 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - And Samson said to her, If they should bind me with seven fresh cords which have not been dried, then should I be weak, and be as another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:8 - Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:24 - And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, even him who multiplied our slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - And they said, This is blood: the kings are entirely destroyed, and have smitten one another; and now, Moab, to the spoil!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:17 - Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:24 - I have digged, and have drunk strange waters, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:3 - And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 - And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5 - And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10 - it shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:18 - Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands, and their countries,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:25 - I have digged and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27 - that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:17 - Thy sons shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that laid thee waste shall go forth from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10 - Is it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:12 - For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; and those nations shall be utterly wasted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:12 - Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:9 - Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:21 - Go up against the land of double rebellion, against it, and against the inhabitants of visitation; waste and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her spring dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:20 - And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:7 - And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities, so that the land was desolate, and all it contained, by the noise of his roaring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2 - Son of man, because Tyre hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken, the gate of the peoples! she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished now she is laid waste;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19 - For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I bring up the deep upon thee, and the great waters cover thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be, in the midst of the cities that are laid waste, a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:7 - And they shall be desolated in the midst of the countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, a wind of Jehovah that cometh up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - And the high places of Isaac shall be desolated, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will arise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:4 - He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - I have cut off nations: their battlements are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.
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