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Lexicon :: Strong's H2742 - ḥārûṣ

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חָרוּץ
Transliteration
ḥārûṣ
Pronunciation
khaw-roots'
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass. participle of חָרַץ (H2782)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 752a,b,753a

Strong’s Definitions

חֲרוּץ chărûwts, khaw-roots'; or חָרֻץ châruts; passive participle of H2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager:—decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H2742 in the following manner: gold (6x), diligent (5x), decision (2x), threshing instrument (2x), sharp (1x), sharp things (1x), wall (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H2742 in the following manner: gold (6x), diligent (5x), decision (2x), threshing instrument (2x), sharp (1x), sharp things (1x), wall (1x).
adjective

  1. sharp-pointed, sharp, diligent

    masculine noun

  2. strict decision, decision

  3. trench, moat, ditch

  4. gold (poetical)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲרוּץ chărûwts, khaw-roots'; or חָרֻץ châruts; passive participle of H2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager:—decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
STRONGS H2742: Abbreviations
† I. חָרוּץ adjective sharp, diligent (on this and following see BaNB 173) — חָרוּץ Isaiah 28:27 + 11 times; plural חֲרוּצִים Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 12:24; חֲרֻצִים Proverbs 13:4; חֲרֻצוֺת Amos 1:3; —
1. sharp: of threshing instrument חָדָשׁ מוֺרָג ח׳ Isaiah 41:15; without מ׳, as substantive, Isaiah 28:27 (where יוּדַשׁ); הַבַּרְזֶל ח׳ Amos 1:3; Job 41:22 (figurative of crocodile).
2. figurative diligent: as substantive Proverbs 21:5; opposed to רְמִיָּךְ Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 12:24, 27; opposed to עָצֵּל Proverbs 13:4. — Daniel 9:25 see IV. חרוץ.

† II. חָרוּץ noun [masculine] strict decision, only עֵמֶק הֶחָרוּץ Joel 4:14 [Joel 3:14] (twice in verse) valley of strict decision (see Bal.c.).

† III. חָרוּץ noun [masculine] trench, moat (Aramaic חֲרִיצָא; Assyrian ḫariṣu, ḫiriṣu, id., DlHWB) — only in רְחוֺב וְח׳ Daniel 9:25, si vera lectio; as above Ges Herzf Ew Zö Meinh (q. v.); Gr רְחוֺב וחיץ; < Syriac Version Bev רְחוֺב וָחוּץ with public places and streets.

† V. חָרוּץ noun masculineProverbs 8:10 gold, in poetry (Phoenician חרץ, see DrSm xxviii; Assyrian ḫurâṣu) — חָרוּץ Psalm 68:14 + 5 times; gold, always || כֶּסֶף; Zechariah 9:3, of dove's wings Psalm 68:14 בִּירַקְרַק ח׳; elsewhere in comparison with value of wisdom, etc. Proverbs 3:14; Proverbs 8:10 (נִבְחָר ח׳) Proverbs 8:19; Proverbs 16:16.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

41:22

Psalms

68:14; 68:14

Proverbs

3:14; 8:10; 8:10; 8:19; 10:4; 10:4; 12:24; 12:24; 12:27; 13:4; 13:4; 16:16; 21:5

Isaiah

28:27; 28:27; 41:15

Daniel

9:25; 9:25

Joel

3:14

Amos

1:3; 1:3

Zechariah

9:3

H2742

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Strong's Number H2742 matches the Hebrew חָרוּץ (ḥārûṣ),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30 - (LXX 41:22) His lair is formed of sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is as an immense quantity of clay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - (LXX 67:14) Even if ye should lie among the lots, ye shall have the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with [fn]yellow gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:14 - For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 - Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - It is better to have my fruit than to have gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:4 - Poverty brings a man low: but the hands of the vigorous make rich. (LXX 10:4a) A son who is instructed shall be wise, and shall use the fool for a servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24 - The hand of chosen men shall easily obtain rule; but the deceitful shall be for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27 - A deceitful man shall catch no game; but a [fn]blameless man is a precious possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:4 - Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 - The [fn]brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:27 - For the black poppy is not cleansed with harsh treatment, nor will a waggon-wheel pass over the cumin; but the black poppy is threshed with a rod, and the cumin shall be eaten with bread;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:15 - Behold, I have made thee as new saw-shaped threshing wheels of a waggon; and thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat the hills to powder, and make them as chaff:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - And thou shalt know and understand, that from the going forth of the command for the answer and for the building of Jerusalem until Christ the prince there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: and then the time shall return, and the street shall be built, and the wall, and the times shall be exhausted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14 - (LXX 4:14) Noises have resounded in the valley of judgment: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:3 - And the Lord said, For three sins of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they sawed with iron saws the women with child of the Galaadites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - And Tyrus built strong-holds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways.
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