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
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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;
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