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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.
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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 Box Exo 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7 - In the abundance of your majesty you have overthrown those who rise up against you. You sent forth your wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Why should the Egyptians say, 'For evil he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger, and relent of this evil against your people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - The LORD said to Moses, "Arrest all the leaders of the people, and hang them up before the LORD in broad daylight, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:14 - Now look, you are standing in your fathers' place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the LORD against the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. Then the LORD will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day) and the LORD's anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - Since you did not obey the LORD and did not carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites, the LORD has done this thing to you today.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - Yet the LORD's great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers, for the LORD is very angry at you!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13 - They said to them, "Don't bring those captives here! Are you planning on making us even more sinful and guilty before the LORD? Our guilt is already great and the LORD is very angry at Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10 - Now I intend to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now, don't be stubborn like your fathers! Submit to the LORD and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the LORD your God so that he might relent from his raging anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let our leaders take steps on behalf of all the assembly. Let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each town and its judges, until the hot anger of our God is turned away from us in this matter."

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:18 - Isn't this the way your ancestors acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - "While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:5 - Then he angrily speaks to them and terrifies them in his rage, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:3 - You withdrew all your fury; you turned back from your raging anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:16 - Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:9 - Look, the LORD's day of judgment is coming; it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:13 - So I will shake the heavens, and the earth will shake loose from its foundation, because of the fury of the LORD who commands armies, in the day he vents his raging anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, 'The fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:26 - I looked and saw that the fruitful land had become a desert and that all of the cities had been laid in ruins. The LORD had brought this all about because of his blazing anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - My people will sow wheat, but will harvest weeds. They will work until they are exhausted, but will get nothing from it. They will be disappointed in their harvests because the LORD will take them away in his fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:37 - Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - The LORD is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:24 - The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you will come to understand this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 - I will make the people of Elam terrified of their enemies, who are seeking to kill them. I will vent my fierce anger and bring disaster upon them," says the LORD. "I will send armies chasing after them until I have completely destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:45 - "Get out of Babylon, my people! Flee to save your lives from the fierce anger of the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:12 - Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord has afflicted me, he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger. מ (Mem)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:11 - The LORD fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations. ל (Lamed)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath comes against their whole crowd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:14 - "They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:9 - I cannot carry out my fierce anger! I cannot totally destroy Ephraim! Because I am God, and not man - the Holy One among you - I will not come in wrath!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:9 - Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die."

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6 - No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - before God's decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the LORD's raging anger overtakes you - before the day of the LORD's angry judgment overtakes you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:8 - Therefore you must wait patiently for me," says the LORD, "for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them - all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.
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