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Lexicon :: Strong's H2779 - ḥōrep̄

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חֹרֶף
Transliteration
ḥōrep̄
Pronunciation
kho'-ref
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 750a

Strong’s Definitions

חֹרֶף chôreph, kho'-ref; from H2778; properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age:—cold, winter (-house), youth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2779 in the following manner: winter (4x), youth (1x), cold (1x), winterhouse (with H1004) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2779 in the following manner: winter (4x), youth (1x), cold (1x), winterhouse (with H1004) (1x).

  1. harvest time, autumn

  2. (CLBL) winter

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹרֶף chôreph, kho'-ref; from H2778; properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age:—cold, winter (-house), youth.
STRONGS H2779: Abbreviations
† חֹ֫רֶף noun masculine harvest-time, autumn (Arabic bdb035802 freshly gathered fruit, autumn (also rain of autumn or beginning of winter) = Sabean חֿרפ(ן) DHMZMG 1875, xxix. 597; Sabean חֿרף, חֿרפם = year, compare Ethiopic bdb035803 annus currens Os (Levy)ZMG 1865, 168, 174 DHMZMG 1883, 369; Assyrian ḫarpu, SchrJPTh 1875, 341 KAT253n. = COTi. 54 n.) — absolute ח׳ Zechariah 14:8 + 5 times; suffix חָרְמִּי Job 29:4; — קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף Genesis 8:22 (J), Psalm 74:17; Zechariah 14:8; בֵּית הַח׳ autumn-house or palace Amos 3:15; Jeremiah 36:22 (+ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁיעִי in the 9th month, i.e. Nov-Dec.); מח׳ עָצֵל לֹא יַחֲרשׁ Proverbs 20:4 a sluggard ploughs not after harvest; as implying maturity, בִּימֵי חָרְמִּי Job 29:4 in the days of my autumn (prime).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:22

Job

29:4; 29:4

Psalms

74:17

Proverbs

20:4

Jeremiah

36:22

Amos

3:15

Zechariah

14:8; 14:8

H2779

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Strong's Number H2779 matches the Hebrew חֹרֶף (ḥōrep̄),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:22 - “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4 - Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:17 - It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:4 - Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:22 - It was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter apartment, with a fire burning in the firepot in front of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:15 - I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed and the mansions will be demolished,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:8 - On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.
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