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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 Box Exo 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7 - In the greatness of your majesty,
you overthrow those who rise against you.
You unleash your blazing fury;
it consumes them like straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Why let the Egyptians say, ‘Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth’? Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - The LORD issued the following command to Moses: “Seize all the ringleaders and execute them before the LORD in broad daylight, so his fierce anger will turn away from the people of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:14 - But here you are, a brood of sinners, doing exactly the same thing! You are making the LORD even angrier with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a large nation, just as he swore to your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - They piled a great heap of stones over Achan, which remains to this day. That is why the place has been called the Valley of Trouble[fn] ever since. So the LORD was no longer angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - The LORD has done this to you today because you refused to carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - Even so, the LORD was very angry with Judah because of all the wicked things Manasseh had done to provoke him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - Listen to me and return these prisoners you have taken, for they are your own relatives. Watch out, because now the LORD’s fierce anger has been turned against you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13 - “You must not bring the prisoners here!” they declared. “We cannot afford to add to our sins and guilt. Our guilt is already great, and the LORD’s fierce anger is already turned against Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10 - But now I will make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Do not be stubborn, as they were, but submit yourselves to the LORD. Come to his Temple, which he has set apart as holy forever. Worship the LORD your God so that his fierce anger will turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let our leaders act on behalf of us all. Let everyone who has a pagan wife come at a scheduled time, accompanied by the leaders and judges of his city, so that the fierce anger of our God concerning this affair may be turned away from us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:18 - “Wasn’t it just this sort of thing that your ancestors did that caused our God to bring all this trouble upon us and our city? Now you are bringing even more wrath upon Israel by permitting the Sabbath to be desecrated in this way!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - May God give them a bellyful of trouble.
May God rain down his anger upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:5 - Then in anger he rebukes them,
terrifying them with his fierce fury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - God will sweep them away, both young and old,
faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - Pour out your fury on them;
consume them with your burning anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - He loosed on them his fierce anger—
all his fury, rage, and hostility.
He dispatched against them
a band of destroying angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:3 - You held back your fury.
You kept back your blazing anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:16 - Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me.
Your terrors have paralyzed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:9 - For see, the day of the LORD is coming—
the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger.
The land will be made desolate,
and all the sinners destroyed with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:13 - For I will shake the heavens.
The earth will move from its place
when the LORD of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath
in the day of his fierce anger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - So put on clothes of mourning
and weep with broken hearts,
for the fierce anger of the LORD
is still upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:26 - I looked, and the fertile fields had become a wilderness.
The towns lay in ruins,
crushed by the LORD’s fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - My people have planted wheat
but are harvesting thorns.
They have worn themselves out,
but it has done them no good.
They will harvest a crop of shame
because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:37 - Peaceful meadows will be turned into a wasteland
by the LORD’s fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - He has left his den like a strong lion seeking its prey,
and their land will be made desolate
by the sword of the enemy
and the LORD’s fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:24 - The fierce anger of the LORD will not diminish
until it has finished all he has planned.
In the days to come
you will understand all this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 - I myself will go with Elam’s enemies to shatter it.
In my fierce anger, I will bring great disaster
upon the people of Elam,” says the LORD.
“Their enemies will chase them with the sword
until I have destroyed them completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:45 - “Come out, my people, flee from Babylon.
Save yourselves! Run from the LORD’s fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:12 - “Does it mean nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Look around and see if there is any suffering like mine,
which the LORD brought on me
when he erupted in fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:11 - But now the anger of the LORD is satisfied.
His fierce anger has been poured out.
He started a fire in Jerusalem[fn]
that burned the city to its foundations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - Yes, the time has come;
the day is here!
Buyers should not rejoice over bargains,
nor sellers grieve over losses,
for all of them will fall
under my terrible anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:14 - “The trumpet calls Israel’s army to mobilize,
but no one listens,
for my fury is against them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:9 - No, I will not unleash my fierce anger.
I will not completely destroy Israel,
for I am God and not a mere mortal.
I am the Holy One living among you,
and I will not come to destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:9 - Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6 - Who can stand before his fierce anger?
Who can survive his burning fury?
His rage blazes forth like fire,
and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - Gather before judgment begins,
before your time to repent is blown away like chaff.
Act now, before the fierce fury of the LORD falls
and the terrible day of the LORD’s anger begins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:8 - Therefore, be patient,” says the LORD.
“Soon I will stand and accuse these evil nations.
For I have decided to gather the kingdoms of the earth
and pour out my fiercest anger and fury on them.
All the earth will be devoured
by the fire of my jealousy.
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