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Lexicon :: Strong's H2734 - ḥārâ

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חָרָה
Transliteration
ḥārâ
Pronunciation
khaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָרַר (H2787)]
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TWOT Reference: 736

Strong’s Definitions

חָרָה chârâh, khaw-raw'; a primitive root (compare H2787); to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy:—be angry, burn, be displeased, × earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, × very, be wroth. See H8474.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x

The KJV translates Strong's H2734 in the following manner: kindled (44x), wroth (13x), hot (10x), angry (9x), displease (4x), fret (4x), incensed (2x), burn (1x), earnestly (1x), grieved (1x), very (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x
The KJV translates Strong's H2734 in the following manner: kindled (44x), wroth (13x), hot (10x), angry (9x), displease (4x), fret (4x), incensed (2x), burn (1x), earnestly (1x), grieved (1x), very (1x).

  1. to be hot, furious, burn, become angry, be kindled

    1. (Qal) to burn, kindle (anger)

    2. (Niphal) to be angry with, be incensed

    3. (Hiphil) to burn, kindle

    4. (Hithpael) to heat oneself in vexation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרָה chârâh, khaw-raw'; a primitive root (compare H2787); to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy:—be angry, burn, be displeased, × earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, × very, be wroth. See H8474.
STRONGS H2734: Abbreviations
† חָרָה verb burn, be kindled, of anger (Aramaic חרי Pa. cause, fire to burn (rare); Zinjirli חרא anger, NöZMG 1893, 98. 103; Arabic حَرْوَةً burning sensation, in throat, etc., from rage and pain) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Genesis 4:6 + 20 times; Imperfect יֶחֱרֶה Exodus 32:11 + 2 times; יִ֫חַר Genesis 18:30 + 7 times; וַיִּ֫חַר Genesis 4:5 + 46 times; Infinitive absolute חָרֹה 1 Samuel 20:7; construct חֲרוֺת 2 Samuel 24:1; Psalm 124:3; —
1. of man:
a. חרה אף (one's) anger was kindled, burned Genesis 39:19; Numbers 22:27 (J), Exodus 32:19, 22 (JE), Judges 9:30; Judges 14:19; 1 Samuel 11:6; Job 32:2, 5; with בְּ against Genesis 30:2 (E), Genesis 44:18 (J), 1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Samuel 20:30; 2 Samuel 12:5; 2 Chronicles 25:10; Psalm 124:3; Job 32:2, 3; with אֶל Numbers 24:10 (E).
b. impersonal, אף omitted; חרה לְ it was kindled for (him) he burned with anger Genesis 31:36 (E), Genesis 4:5, 6; Genesis 34:7; Numbers 16:15 (J), 1 Samuel 15:11 (read perhaps וַיֵּצֶר, Weir in Dr), 1 Samuel 18:8; 1 Samuel 20:7 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 3:8; 2 Samuel 6:8 ＝1 Chronicles 13:11; 2 Samuel 13:21; 2 Samuel 19:43; Nehemiah 3:33; Nehemiah 4:1; Nehemiah 5:6; Jonah 4:1, 4, 9 (twice in verse); insert ויחר לדוד 2 Samuel 11:22 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; בְּעֵינֵי ח׳ Genesis 31:35; Genesis 45:5 (E).
2. of God:
a. אף ח׳ Exodus 22:23; Numbers 22:22 (E), Numbers 11:1, 10; Numbers 32:10 (J); with בְּ Exodus 4:14; Exodus 32:10; Numbers 12:9; Deuteronomy 31:17 (J), Deuteronomy 6:15; Deuteronomy 7:4; Deuteronomy 11:17; Deuteronomy 29:26; Joshua 23:16 (D), Judges 6:39; 2 Samuel 6:7 ＝1 Chronicles 13:10; Hosea 8:5; 2 Kings 23:26; 2 Chronicles 25:15; Job 42:7; בְּעַם Exodus 32:11; Numbers 11:33 (J), Isaiah 5:25; Psalm 106:40; בישׂראל Numbers 25:3; Numbers 32:13 (JE); Judges 2:14, 20; Judges 3:8; Judges 10:7; 2 Samuel 24:1; 2 Kings 13:3; בבני ישׂראל Joshua 7:1 (R); בנהרים, אף omitted, Habakkuk 3:8; with עַל Zechariah 10:3.
b. חרה לְ Genesis 18:30, 32 (J) 2 Samuel 22:8 ＝Psalm 18:8. —
Note: חרה not in HP (who use קצף); nor in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isa2, Proverbs or poetry of Job.
Niph. Perfect נִחֲרוּֿ followed by בְּ Songs 1:6 (according to Böii. 379 De Kö1. 551) be angry with; Participle כֹּל הַנֶּחֱרִים בְּ׳ all that are incensed against (thee) Isaiah 41:11, so Isaiah 45:24.
Hiph. Perfect הֶחֱרָה הֶחֱזִיק Nehemiah 3:20 burned with zeal (?) in repairing, but Greek Version of the LXX omit החרה; probably dittograph; Imperfect אפּוֹ עָלַי וַיַּחַר Job 19:11 and kindled his anger against me.
Hithp. Imperfect אַל תִּתְחַר Psalm 37:1; Psalm 37:7; Psalm 37:8; Proverbs 24:19 heat oneself in vexation. —
[H8474 The following forms are somewhat dubious: Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular אֵיךְ תְּתַחֲרֶה אֶתהַֿסּוּסִים Jeremiah 12:5 how canst thou hotly contend (in a race) with the horses ? Participle כִּי אַתָּה מְתַחֲרֶה בָאָ֑רֶז Jeremiah 22:15 because thou strivest eagerly (to excel) in cedar; explained as Tiph'ēl by Thes Ges§ 55, 5 Ew§ 122 a Ol§ 255 a Sta§ 159 b Köi. p. 557 and others, and regarded by most as a rare causative stem; but against existence of Tiph'ēl see BaNB § 180 a; ZMG 1894, 20; Ba regards the form as denominative (from a noun formed by ת preform., compare Aramaic aXTvuroTf  contention); SS would point as Hithp. [compare Syriac ycroTAe  contend with, Nxyreo contention]],
although meaning of Hithp. is different, see above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:5; 4:5; 4:6; 4:6; 18:30; 18:30; 18:32; 30:2; 31:35; 31:36; 34:7; 39:19; 44:18; 45:5

Exodus

4:14; 22:23; 32:10; 32:11; 32:11; 32:19; 32:22

Numbers

11:1; 11:10; 11:33; 12:9; 16:15; 22:22; 22:27; 24:10; 25:3; 32:10; 32:13

Deuteronomy

6:15; 7:4; 11:17; 29:26; 31:17

Joshua

7:1; 23:16

Judges

2:14; 2:20; 3:8; 6:39; 9:30; 10:7; 14:19

1 Samuel

11:6; 15:11; 17:28; 18:8; 20:7; 20:7; 20:30

2 Samuel

3:8; 6:7; 6:8; 11:22; 12:5; 13:21; 19:43; 22:8; 24:1; 24:1

2 Kings

13:3; 23:26

1 Chronicles

13:10; 13:11

2 Chronicles

25:10; 25:15

Nehemiah

3:20; 4:1; 5:6

Job

19:11; 32:2; 32:2; 32:3; 32:5; 42:7

Psalms

18:8; 37:1; 37:7; 37:8; 106:40; 124:3; 124:3

Proverbs

24:19

Song of Songs

1:6

Isaiah

5:25; 41:11; 45:24

Hosea

8:5

Jonah

4:1; 4:4; 4:9

Habakkuk

3:8

Zechariah

10:3

H2734

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2734 matches the Hebrew חָרָה (ḥārâ),
which occurs 90 times in 87 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:8 - And David was angry because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah[fn] to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:5 - Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the LORD lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:21 - When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:42 - All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is our close relative. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s expense? Or has he given us any gift?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:8 - “Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations of the heavens trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 - Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:3 - And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Syria and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - Still the LORD did not turn from the burning of his great wrath, by which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10 - And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark, and he died there before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11 - And David was angry because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzza[fn] to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:10 - Then Amaziah discharged the army that had come to him from Ephraim to go home again. And they became very angry with Judah and returned home in fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:15 - Therefore the LORD was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of a people who did not deliver their own people from your hand?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - After him Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired[fn] another section from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:1 - [fn] Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - [fn] But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:6 - I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:11 - He has kindled his wrath against me
and counts me as his adversary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2 - Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - He burned with anger also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:5 - And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 - After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:7 - Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:1 - [fn] Of David.
Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not envious of wrongdoers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:7 - Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40 - Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people,
and he abhorred his heritage;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:19 - Fret not yourself because of evildoers,
and be not envious of the wicked,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:25 - Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people,
and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,
and the mountains quaked;
and their corpses were as refuse
in the midst of the streets.
For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 - Behold, all who are incensed against you
shall be put to shame and confounded;
those who strive against you
shall be as nothing and shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:24 - “Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me,
are righteousness and strength;
to him shall come and be ashamed
all who were incensed against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - I have[fn] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:1 - But it displeased Jonah exceedingly,[fn] and he was angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:4 - And the LORD said, “Do you do well to be angry?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:9 - But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:8 - Was your wrath against the rivers, O LORD?
Was your anger against the rivers,
or your indignation against the sea,
when you rode on your horses,
on your chariot of salvation?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:3 - “My anger is hot against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders;[fn]
for the LORD of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.

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