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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 cometh to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, in the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turneth aside the covering of the ark, and looketh, and lo, the face of the ground hath been dried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - And Samson saith unto her, 'If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:8 - And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:24 - And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, 'Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - and say, 'Blood this is; the kings have been surely destroyed, and they smite each his neighbour; and now for spoil, Moab!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:17 - 'Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste the nations, and their land,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:24 - I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:3 - and say to the king, 'Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, is a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 - and I say unto them, 'Ye are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem is waste, and its gates have been burnt with fire; come and we build the wall of Jerusalem, and we are not any more a reproach.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5 - And failed have waters from the sea, And a river is wasted and dried up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10 - By night and by day she is not quenched, To the age go up doth her smoke, From generation to generation she is waste, For ever and ever, none is passing into her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:18 - 'Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste all the lands and their land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:25 - I -- I have dug and drunk waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27 - Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:17 - Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10 - Art not Thou it that is drying up a sea, Waters of a great deep? That hath made deep places of a sea A way for the passing of the redeemed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:12 - For the nation and the kingdom that do not serve thee perish, Yea, the nations are utterly wasted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:12 - Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:9 - Wherefore hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, 'As Shiloh this house shall be, and this city is wasted, without inhabitant?' and all the people are assembled unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:21 - Against the land of Merathaim: Go up against it, and unto the inhabitants of Pekod, Waste and devote their posterity, An affirmation of 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 kine, they go down to slaughter, Wo is on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - In all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that waste and desolate are your altars, And broken and ceased have your idols, And cut down have been your images, And blotted out have been your works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:20 - And the cities that are inhabited are laid waste, and the land is a desolation, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:7 - And it knoweth his forsaken habitations, And their cities it hath laid waste, And desolate is the land and its fulness, Because of the voice of his roaring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2 - Because that Tyre hath said of Jerusalem: Aha, she hath been broken, the doors of the peoples, She hath turned round unto me, I am filled -- she hath been laid waste,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19 - For thus said the Lord Jehovah: In my making thee a city wasted, Like cities that have not been inhabited, In bringing up against thee the deep, Then covered thee have the great waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - And I have made the land of Egypt a desolation, In the midst of desolate lands, And its cities, in the midst of waste cities, Are a desolation forty years, And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have dispersed them through lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:7 - And they have been desolated in the midst of desolate lands, And its cities are in the midst of wasted cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though he among brethren produceth fruit, Come in doth an east wind, a wind of Jehovah, From a wilderness it is coming up, And it drieth up his fountain, And become dry doth his spring, It -- it spoileth a treasure -- every desirable vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - And desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:4 - He is pushing against a sea, and drieth it up, Yea, all the floods He hath made dry, Languishing are Bashan and Carmel, Yea, the flower of Lebanon is languishing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.
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