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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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,

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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;

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. Isaiah 51:10 הַמַּחֲרֶ֣בֶת ha.ma.cha.Re.vet · An -ing word: causing it

    Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

11. Isaiah 60:12 חָרֹ֥ב cha.Ro · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

12. Isaiah 60:12 יֶחֱרָֽבוּ׃ ye.che.Ra.vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.