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. Ezekiel 6:6 תֶּחֱרַ֔בְנָה te.che.Rav.nah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be abolished.

  2. Ezekiel 6:6 יֶחֶרְב֨וּ ye.cher.Vu · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be abolished.

  3. Ezekiel 12:20 תֶּחֱרַ֔בְנָה te.che.Rav.nah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

  4. Ezekiel 19:7 הֶחֱרִ֑יב he.che.Riv · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.

  5. Ezekiel 26:2 הָחֳרָֽבָה׃ ho.cho.Ra.vah · An action: being caused, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gate of the peoples; she is turned unto me; I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste:

  6. Ezekiel 26:19 נֶחֱרֶ֔בֶת ne.che.Re.vet · An -ing word: receiving the action

    For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and the great waters shall cover thee;

  7. Ezekiel 29:12 מָֽחֳרָבוֹת֙ mo.cho.ra.Vot · An -ing word: being caused, it is done to the subject

    And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  8. Ezekiel 30:7 נַחֲרָב֖וֹת na.cha.ra.Vot · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

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