חָרֵב

cha.rev · to destroy

Hebrew · Strong's H2717 · Verb · Sounds like: khaw-rab' · 40 occurrences

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[חָרֵב] vb. be dry, dried up
Qal be dry, dried up
Pu. of fresh bow-strings
Hiph. of י׳ drying up rivers
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[חָרֵב] be waste, desolate
Qal be waste, desolate
Niph. as adj., desolate city
Hiph. lay waste, make desolate
Hoph. she is laid waste
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[חָרַב] vb. (Aram. and rare) attack, smite down
Qal attack
Niph. the kings have attacked one another, fought together
Hoph. 2 K 3:23

Every occurrence

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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,

  4. 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.

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