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. 2 Chronicles 24:25 וַיַּֽהַרְגֻ֥הוּ vai.ya.har.Gu.hu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

  2. 2 Chronicles 25:3 וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙ vai.ya.ha.Rog · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

  3. 2 Chronicles 28:6 וַיַּהֲרֹג֩ vai.ya.ha.Rog · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

  4. 2 Chronicles 28:7 וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֞ג vai.ya.ha.Rog · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.

  5. 2 Chronicles 28:9 וַתַּֽהַרְגוּ־ va.ta.har.gu- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by all of you

    But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because Jehovah, the God of your fathers, was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage which hath reached up to heaven.

  6. 2 Chronicles 36:17 וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג vai.ya.ha.Rog · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.

  7. Nehemiah 4:11 וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם va.ha.rag.Num · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by us

    And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

  8. Nehemiah 6:10 לְהָרְגֶ֔ךָ le.ha.re.Ge.kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

  9. Nehemiah 6:10 לְהָרְגֶֽךָ׃ le.ha.re.Ge.kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

  10. Nehemiah 9:26 הָרָ֔גוּ ha.Ra.gu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.

  11. Esther 3:13 לַהֲרֹ֣ג la.ha.Rog · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

  12. Esther 7:4 לַהֲר֣וֹג la.ha.Rog · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.

  13. Esther 8:11 וְלַהֲרֹ֨ג ve.la.ha.Rog · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    wherein the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

  14. Esther 9:6 הָרְג֤וּ ha.re.Gu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

  15. Esther 9:10 הָרָ֑גוּ ha.Ra.gu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

  16. Esther 9:11 הַֽהֲרוּגִ֛ים ha.ha.ru.Gim · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

  17. Esther 9:12 הָרְגוּ֩ ha.re.Gu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

  18. Esther 9:15 וַיַּֽהַרְג֣וּ vai.ya.har.Gu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

  19. Esther 9:16 וְהָרֹג֙ ve.ha.Rog · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

  20. Job 5:2 יַהֲרָג־ ya.ha.rog- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

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