חָרֵב

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

• to destroy H2717B 20
• to dry H2717A 16
• to slay H2717C 4

Strong's dictionary

or חֲרֵב; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill; decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. Genesis 8:13 חָֽרְב֥וּ cha.re.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried.

2. Genesis 8:13 חָֽרְב֖וּ cha.re.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried.

3. Judges 16:7 חֹרָ֑בוּ cho.Ra.vu · An action: strong action received, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

4. Judges 16:8 חֹרָ֑בוּ cho.Ra.vu · An action: strong action received, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

5. Judges 16:24 מַחֲרִ֣יב ma.cha.Riv · An -ing word: causing it

   And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.

6. 2 Kings 3:23 הָחֳרֵ֤ב ho.cho.Rev · The “to do” form of an action: being caused

   and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

7. 2 Kings 3:23 נֶֽחֶרְבוּ֙ ne.cher.Vu · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

8. 2 Kings 19:17 הֶחֱרִ֜יבוּ he.che.Ri.vu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

9. 2 Kings 19:24 וְאַחְרִב֙ ve.'ach.Riv · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

   I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

10. Job 14:11 יֶחֱרַ֥ב ye.che.Rav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

11. Psalms 106:9 וַֽיֶּחֱרָ֑ב vai.ye.che.Rav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.

12. Isaiah 19:5 יֶחֱרַ֥ב ye.che.Rav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.

13. Isaiah 19:6 וְחָרְב֖וּ ve.cha.re.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.

14. Isaiah 34:10 תֶּחֱרָ֔ב te.che.Rav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever; from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

15. Isaiah 37:18 הֶחֱרִ֜יבוּ he.che.Ri.vu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

16. Isaiah 37:25 וְאַחְרִב֙ ve.'ach.Riv · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

17. Isaiah 42:15 אַחֲרִ֤יב 'a.cha.Riv · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

18. Isaiah 44:27 חֳרָ֑בִי cho.Ra.vi · A command to you: simple action

    that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

19. Isaiah 49:17 וּמַחֲרִבַ֖יִךְ u.ma.cha.ri.Va.yikh · An -ing word: causing it

    Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

20. Isaiah 50:2 אַחֲרִ֣יב 'a.cha.Riv · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.

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