חָרֵב

cha.rev · desolate

Hebrew · Strong's H2720 · Adjective · Sounds like: khaw-rabe' · 10 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • desolate H2720B 8
  • dry H2720A 2

Strong's dictionary

from חָרַב; parched or ruined; desolate, dry, waste.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[חָרֵב] adj. dry
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חָרֵב adj. waste, desolate

Every occurrence

  1. Nehemiah 2:3 חֲרֵבָ֔ה cha.re.Vah · Describes something

    And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

  2. Nehemiah 2:17 חֲרֵבָ֔ה cha.re.Vah · Describes something

    Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

Greek and Hebrew data: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0. All sources and licences