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Lexicon :: Strong's H2740 - ḥārôn

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חָרוֹן
Transliteration
ḥārôn
Pronunciation
khaw-rone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 736a

Strong’s Definitions

חָרוֹן chârôwn, khaw-rone'; or (shortened) חָרֹן chârôn; from H2734; a burning of anger:—sore displeasure, fierce(-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath(-ful).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H2740 in the following manner: fierce (23x), fierceness (9x), wrath (6x), fury (1x), wrathful (1x), displeasure (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H2740 in the following manner: fierce (23x), fierceness (9x), wrath (6x), fury (1x), wrathful (1x), displeasure (1x).

  1. anger, heat, burning (of anger)

    1. always used of God's anger

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרוֹן chârôwn, khaw-rone'; or (shortened) חָרֹן chârôn; from H2734; a burning of anger:—sore displeasure, fierce(-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath(-ful).
STRONGS H2740: Abbreviations
† חָרוֺן noun masculine (burning of) anger (compare LagBN 204 Anm. * *) — ח׳ Ezekiel 7:12 + 2 times; construct חֲרוֺן Numbers 25:4 + 33 times; suffix חֲרוֺנִי Ezekiel 7:14 (Co חרון), חֲרוֺגוֺ Psalm 2:5; חֲרֹנְךָ Exodus 15:7; plural suffix חֲרוֺנֶי֑ךָ Psalm 88:17; — always of God's anger (see note, below), חֲרוֺן אף Exodus 32:12; Numbers 25:4; Numbers 32:14; Joshua 7:26 (J), Deuteronomy 13:18; 1 Samuel 28:18; 2 Kings 23:26; 2 Chronicles 28:11, 13; 29:10; 30:8; Ezra 10:14; Hosea 11:9; Nahum 1:6; Zephaniah 2:2; Zephaniah 3:8; Isaiah 13:9, 13; Jeremiah 4:8, 26; Jeremiah 12:13; Jeremiah 25:37, 38; Jeremiah 30:24; Jeremiah 49:37; Jeremiah 51:45; Jonah 3:9; Psalm 69:25; Psalm 78:49; Psalm 85:4; Job 20:23; Lamentations 1:12; Lamentations 4:11; אף omitted, Exodus 15:7 (song), Nehemiah 13:18; Psalm 2:5; Ezekiel 7:12 (strike out Co), Ezekiel 7:14; plural bursts of burning anger Psalm 88:17. —
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כְּמוֺחָֿרוֺן Psalm 58:10 burning anger Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Jerome AV Bae Che; but Thes MV SS DeW Ew Ol Pe, something burning, e.g. thorns, antith. green thorns; Hengst De cooked flesh, antith. raw; Jeremiah 25:38 הַיּוֺנָה מפני ח׳ because of the fierceness of the oppressor (? AV) would then be the only use of the word of other than God's anger; here Greek Version of the LXX Targum Ew Hi Gf Ke Che Gie RV rightly read חרב oppressing sword (as Jeremiah 46:16; Jeremiah 50:16). חרון is not used in H P D2 or E (except song, Exodus 15:7) of the Hexateuch; nor in Ezekiel except Ezekiel 7:12 (strike out Co), Ezekiel 7:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:7; 15:7; 15:7; 32:12

Numbers

25:4; 25:4; 32:14

Deuteronomy

13:18

Joshua

7:26

1 Samuel

28:18

2 Kings

23:26

2 Chronicles

28:11; 28:13; 29:10; 30:8

Ezra

10:14

Nehemiah

13:18

Job

20:23

Psalms

2:5; 2:5; 58:10; 69:25; 78:49; 85:4; 88:17; 88:17

Isaiah

13:9; 13:13

Jeremiah

4:8; 4:26; 12:13; 25:37; 25:38; 25:38; 30:24; 46:16; 49:37; 50:16; 51:45

Lamentations

1:12; 4:11

Ezekiel

7:12; 7:12; 7:12; 7:14; 7:14; 7:14

Hosea

11:9

Jonah

3:9

Nahum

1:6

Zephaniah

2:2; 3:8

H2740

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2740 matches the Hebrew חָרוֹן (ḥārôn),
which occurs 41 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7 - And in the abundance of thy glory thou hast broken the adversaries to pieces: thou sentest forth thy wrath, it devoured them as stubble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Take heed lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent he brought them out to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from thy wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of thy people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and [fn]make them examples of judgment for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:14 - Behold, ye are risen up in the room of your fathers, a [fn]combination of sinful men, to increase yet farther the fierce wrath of the Lord against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - (LXX 13:18) And there shall nothing of the cursed thing cleave to thy hand, that the Lord may turn from his fierce anger, and [fn]shew thee mercy, and pity thee, and multiply thee, as he sware to thy fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - And they set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called [fn]the place Emecachor until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and didst not execute his fierce anger upon Amalec, therefore the Lord has done this thing to thee this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - Nevertheless the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, wherewith he was wroth in his anger against Juda, [fn]because of the provocations, wherewith Manasses provoked him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - And now hearken to me, and restore the prisoners of your brethren whom ye have taken: for the fierce anger of the Lord is upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13 - and said to them, Ye shall not bring in hither the prisoners to us, for whereas sin against the Lord is upon us, ye mean to add to our sins, and to our trespass: for our sin is great, and the fierce anger of the Lord is upon Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10 - Therefore it is now in my heart to make a covenant, a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that he may turn away his fierce wrath from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - And now harden not your hearts, as your fathers did: give glory to the Lord God, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, and he shall turn away his fierce anger from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let now our rulers stand, and for all those in our cities who have taken strange wives, let them come at appointed times, and with them elders from every several city, and judges, to turn away the fierce wrath of our God from us concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:18 - Did not your fathers thus, and our God brought upon them and upon us and upon this city all these evils? and do ye bring additional wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - If by any means he would fill his belly, let God send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:5 - Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his fury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - (LXX 57:10) Before your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - (LXX 68:25) Pour out thy wrath upon them, and let the fury of thine anger take hold on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - (LXX 77:49) He sent out against them the fury of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and affliction, a message by evil angels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:3 - (LXX 84:4) Thou hast caused all thy wrath to cease: thou hast turned from thy fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:16 - (LXX 87:17) Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:9 - For behold! the day of the Lord is coming which cannot be [fn]escaped, a day of wrath and anger, to make the world desolate, and to destroy sinners out of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:13 - For the heaven shall be enraged, and the earth shall be shaken from her foundation, because of the fierce anger of the Lord of hosts, in the day in which his wrath shall come on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - For these things gird yourselves with sackclothes, and lament, and howl: for the anger of the Lord is not turned away from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:26 - I saw, and, behold, Carmel was desert, and all the cities were burnt with fire at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of his fierce anger they were utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:37 - (LXX 32:37) And the peaceable abodes that remain shall be destroyed before the fierceness of my anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - (LXX 32:38) He has forsaken his lair, as a lion: for their land is become desolate before the great sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:24 - (LXX 37:24) The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he shall execute it, and until he shall establish the purpose of his heart: in the latter days ye shall know these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 - (LXX 25:17) And I will put them in fear before their enemies that seek their life; and I will bring evils upon them according to my great anger; and I will send forth my sword after them, until I have utterly destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:12 - Lamed. All ye that pass by the way, turn, and see if there is sorrow like to my sorrow, which has happened to me. The Lord who spoke by me has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:11 - Chaph. The Lord has accomplished his wrath; he has poured out his fierce anger, and has kindled a fire in Sion, and it has devoured her foundations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - The time is come, behold the day: let not the buyer rejoice, and let not the seller mourn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:14 - Sound ye the trumpet, and pass sentence on all together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:9 - I will not act according to the fury of my wrath, I will not abandon Ephraim to be utterly destroyed: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One within thee: and I will not enter into the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:9 - Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and so we shall not perish?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6 - Who shall stand before his anger? and who shall withstand in the anger of his wrath? his wrath brings to nought kingdoms, and the rocks are burst asunder by him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - before ye become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:8 - Therefore wait upon me, saith the Lord, until the day when I rise up for a witness: because my judgment shall be on the gatherings of the nations, to draw to me kings, to pour out upon them all my fierce anger: for the whole earth shall be consumed with the fire of my jealousy.
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