הָרַג

ha.rag · to kill

Hebrew · Strong's H2026 · Verb · Sounds like: haw-rag' · 167 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent; destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
הָרַג vb. kill, slay
Qal
1.
a. kill, slay, implying ruthless violence
b. hence of wholesale slaughter after battle
2. of God’s slaying in judgment
3. rarely of judicial killing by men (at God’s command)
4. of killing beasts
5. of killing by beasts
6. quite general
7. destroy, ruin
Niph.
1. shall priest and prophet be slain in the sanctuary?
2. pass. of Qal 1 b
Pu. be slain

Every occurrence

  1. Judges 7:25 וַיַּהַרְג֨וּ vai.ya.har.Gu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.

  2. Judges 7:25 הָרְג֣וּ ha.re.Gu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.

  3. Judges 8:17 וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖ג vai.ya.ha.Rog · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

  4. Judges 8:18 הֲרַגְתֶּ֖ם ha.rag.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

  5. Judges 8:19 הָרַ֖גְתִּי ha.Rag.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother: as Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

  6. Judges 8:20 הֲרֹ֣ג ha.Rog · A command to you: simple action

    And he said unto Jether his first-born, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

  7. Judges 8:21 וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙ vai.ya.ha.Rog · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.

  8. Judges 9:5 וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֞ג vai.ya.ha.Rog · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

  9. Judges 9:18 וַתַּהַרְג֧וּ va.ta.har.Gu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by all of you

    and ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);

  10. Judges 9:24 הָרַ֣ג ha.Rag · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

  11. Judges 9:24 לַהֲרֹ֥ג la.ha.Rog · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

  12. Judges 9:45 הָרָ֑ג ha.Rag · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

  13. Judges 9:54 הֲרָגָ֑תְהוּ ha.ra.Ga.te.hu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

  14. Judges 9:56 לַהֲרֹ֖ג la.ha.Rog · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

  15. Judges 16:2 וַהֲרְגְנֻֽהוּ׃ va.har.ge.Nu.hu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by us

    And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, Let be till morning light, then we will kill him.

  16. Judges 20:5 לַהֲרֹ֔ג la.ha.Rog · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.

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