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. Lamentations 2:4 וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֔ג vai.ya.ha.Rog · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire.

  2. Lamentations 2:20 יֵהָרֵ֛ג ye.ha.Reg · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

  3. Lamentations 2:21 הָרַ֙גְתָּ֙ ha.Rag.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; Thou hast slaughtered, and not pitied.

  4. Lamentations 3:43 הָרַ֖גְתָּ ha.Rag.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

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