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

21. 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?

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. Jeremiah 2:12 חָרְב֥וּ cha.re.Vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.

25. Jeremiah 26:9 תֶּחֱרַ֖ב te.che.Rav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

26. Jeremiah 50:21 חֲרֹ֨ב cha.Ro · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: slay and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

27. Jeremiah 50:27 חִרְבוּ֙ chir.Vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

28. Jeremiah 51:36 וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי֙ ve.ha.cha.rav.Ti · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by me

    Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. 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:

34. 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;

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. Hosea 13:15 וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב ve.ye.che.Rav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the breath of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall make spoil of the treasure of all goodly vessels.

38. Amos 7:9 יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ ye.che.Ra.vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    and the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

39. Nahum 1:4 הֶֽחֱרִ֑יב he.che.Riv · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

40. Zephaniah 3:6 הֶחֱרַ֥בְתִּי he.che.Rav.ti · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.

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