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Lexicon :: Strong's H2720 - ḥārēḇ

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חָרֵב
Transliteration
ḥārēḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-rabe'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 731a

Strong’s Definitions

חָרֵב chârêb, khaw-rabe'; from H2717; parched or ruined:—desolate, dry, waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H2720 in the following manner: waste (6x), dry (2x), desolate (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H2720 in the following manner: waste (6x), dry (2x), desolate (2x).

  1. waste, desolate, dry

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרֵב chârêb, khaw-rabe'; from H2717; parched or ruined:—desolate, dry, waste.
STRONGS H2720: Abbreviations
† I. [חָרֵב] adjective dry, only feminine singular חֲרֵבָה Leviticus 7:10 of meal-offering not moistened (with oil; P); פַּת־ חֲרֵבָה Proverbs 17:1 a dry morsel.

† II. חָרֵב adjective waste, desolate; — masculine singular absolute ח׳ Jeremiah 33:10 + 3 times; feminine singular חֲרֵבָה Nehemiah 2:3 + 2 times; feminine plural הֶחֳרֵבוֺת Ezekiel 36:35, 38 (see Köi. 241); — of a city, defined מֵאֵין אָדָם 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).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

7:10

Nehemiah

2:3; 2:3; 2:17

Proverbs

17:1

Jeremiah

33:10; 33:10; 33:12

Ezekiel

36:35; 36:35; 36:38

H2720

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Strong's Number H2720 matches the Hebrew חָרֵב (ḥārēḇ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10 - and every present, mixed with oil or dry, is for all the sons of Aaron -- one as another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 - Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:10 - Thus said Jehovah: Again heard in this place of which ye are saying, Waste it is, without man and without beast, In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem, That are desolated, without man, And without inhabitant, and without beast,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again there is in this place -- that is waste, Without man and beast, And in all its cities -- a habitation of shepherds, Causing the flock to lie down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - And they have said: This land, that was desolated, Hath been as the garden of Eden, And the cities -- the wasted, And the desolated, and the broken down, Fenced places have remained.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38 - As a flock of holy ones, as a flock of Jerusalem, In her appointed seasons, So are the waste cities full of flocks of men, And they have known that I am Jehovah!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:4 - Is it time for you -- you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - Looking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought it home, and I blew on it, Wherefore? -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running -- each to his house,
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