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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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