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

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 4:5–2Sa 6:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:5 - and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:6 - And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - And he saith, 'Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?' and He saith, 'I do it not, if I find there thirty.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - And he saith, 'Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?' and He saith, 'I do not destroy it, because of the ten.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, 'Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - and she saith unto her father, 'Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at thy presence, for the way of women is on me;' and he searcheth, and hath not found the teraphim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36 - And it is displeasing to Jacob, and he striveth with Laban; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, 'What is my transgression? what my sin, that thou hast burned after me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it is very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:19 - And it cometh to pass when his lord heareth the words of his wife, which she hath spoken unto him, saying, 'According to these things hath thy servant done to me,' that his anger burneth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 - And Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, 'O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant -- for thou art as Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14 - And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Moses, and He saith, 'Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I have known that he speaketh well, and also, lo, he is coming out to meet thee; when he hath seen thee, then he hath rejoiced in his heart,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:10 - and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 - And Moses appeaseth the face of Jehovah his God, and saith, 'Why, O Jehovah, doth Thine anger burn against Thy people, whom Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - And it cometh to pass, when he hath drawn near unto the camp, that he seeth the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burneth, and he casteth out of his hands the tables, and breaketh them under the mount;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22 - and Aaron saith, 'Let not the anger of my lord burn; thou -- thou hast known the people that it is in evil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 - And the people is evil, as those sighing habitually in the ears of Jehovah, and Jehovah heareth, and His anger burneth, and the fire of Jehovah burneth among them, and consumeth in the extremity of the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - And Moses heareth the people weeping by its families, each at the opening of his tent, and the anger of Jehovah burneth exceedingly, and in the eyes of Moses it is evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - The flesh is yet between their teeth -- it is not yet cut off -- and the anger of Jehovah hath burned among the people, and Jehovah smiteth among the people -- a very great smiting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:9 - And the anger of Jehovah burneth against them, and He goeth on,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 - And it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, 'Turn not Thou unto their present; not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - and the anger of God burneth because he is going, and a messenger of Jehovah stationeth himself in the way for an adversary to him, and he is riding on his ass, and two of his servants are with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah, and croucheth under Balaam, and the anger of Balaam burneth, and he smiteth the ass with a staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - And the anger of Balak burneth against Balaam, and he striketh his hands; and Balak saith unto Balaam, 'To pierce mine enemies I called thee, and lo, thou hast certainly blessed -- these three times;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:3 - and Israel is joined to Baal-Peor, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:10 - and the anger of Jehovah burneth in that day, and He sweareth, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He causeth them to wander in the wilderness forty years, until the consumption of all the generation which is doing the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:15 - for a zealous God is Jehovah thy God in thy midst -- lest the anger of Jehovah thy God burn against thee, and He hath destroyed thee from off the face of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:4 - for he doth turn aside thy son from after Me, and they have served other gods, and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and hath destroyed thee hastily.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and He hath restrained the heavens, and there is no rain, and the ground doth not give her increase, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which Jehovah is giving to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:27 - and the anger of Jehovah burneth against that land, to bring in on it all the reviling that is written in this book,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 - and Mine anger hath burned against it in that day, and I have forsaken them, and hidden My face from them, and it hath been for consumption, and many evils and distresses have found it, and it hath said in that day, Is it not because that my God is not in my midst -- these evils have found me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - And the sons of Israel commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, taketh of the devoted thing, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - in your transgressing the covenant of Jehovah your God which He commanded you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, then hath the anger of Jehovah burned against you, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which He hath given to you.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14 - And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He giveth them into the hand of spoilers, and they spoil them, and He selleth them into the hand of their enemies round about, and they have not been able any more to stand before their enemies;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:20 - And the anger of Jehovah doth burn against Israel, and He saith, 'Because that this nation have transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened to My voice --

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram-Naharaim, and the sons of Israel serve Chushan-Rishathaim eight years;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - And Gideon saith unto God, 'Let not Thine anger burn against me, and I speak only this time; let me try, I pray Thee, only this time with the fleece -- let there be, I pray Thee, drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth let there be dew.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:30 - And Zebul, prince of the city, heareth the words of Gaal son of Ebed, and his anger burneth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the Bene-Ammon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - And the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and he goeth down to Ashkelon, and smiteth of them thirty men, and taketh their armour, and giveth the changes to those declaring the riddle; and his anger burneth, and he goeth up to the house of his father;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:6 - And the Spirit of God doth prosper over Saul, in his hearing these words, and his anger burneth greatly,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:11 - 'I have repented that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he hath turned back from after Me, and My words he hath not performed;' and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he crieth unto Jehovah all the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - And Eliab, his eldest brother, heareth when he speaketh unto the men, and the anger of Eliab burneth against David, and he saith, 'Why is this -- thou hast come down! and to whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known thy pride, and the evil of thy heart -- for, to see the battle thou hast come down.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:8 - And it is displeasing to Saul exceedingly, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he saith, 'They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands, and more to him is only the kingdom;'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:7 - If thus he say: Good; peace is for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him -- know that the evil hath been determined by him;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, 'Son of a perverse rebellious woman! have I not known that thou art fixing on the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of thy mother?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - And it is displeasing to Abner exceedingly, because of the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he saith, 'The head of a dog am I -- that in reference to Judah to-day I do kindness with the house of Saul thy father, unto his brethren, and unto his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David -- that thou chargest against me iniquity concerning the woman to-day?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 - and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Uzzah, and God smiteth him there for the error, and he dieth there by the ark of God.

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