חָרָה

cha.rah · to be incensed

Hebrew · Strong's H2734 · Verb · Sounds like: khaw-raw' · 91 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root (compare חָרַר); to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy; be angry, burn, be displeased, [idiom] earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, [idiom] very, be wroth. See תַּחָרָה.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חָרָה vb. burn, be kindled, of anger
Qal
1. of man
2. of God
Niph. be angry with
Hiph. burned with zeal (?) in repairing; and kindled his anger against me
Hithp. heat oneself in vexation.—The foll. forms are somewhat dub.: how canst thou hotly contend (in a race) with the horses?; because thou strivest eagerly (to excel) in cedar

Every occurrence

  1. Numbers 11:1 וַיִּ֣חַר vai.Yi.char · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.

  2. Numbers 11:10 וַיִּֽחַר־ vai.yi.char- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.

  3. Numbers 11:33 חָרָ֣ה cha.Rah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.

  4. Numbers 12:9 וַיִּֽחַר vai.Yi.char · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them; and he departed.

  5. Numbers 16:15 וַיִּ֤חַר vai.Yi.char · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses was very wroth, and said unto Jehovah, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

  6. Numbers 22:22 וַיִּֽחַר־ vai.yi.char- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Jehovah placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

  7. Numbers 22:27 וַיִּֽחַר־ vai.yi.char- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.

  8. Numbers 24:10 וַיִּֽחַר־ vai.yi.char- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

  9. Numbers 25:3 וַיִּֽחַר־ vai.yi.char- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.

  10. Numbers 32:10 וַיִּֽחַר־ vai.yi.char- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah's anger was kindled in that day, and he sware, saying,

  11. Numbers 32:13 וַיִּֽחַר־ vai.yi.char- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was consumed.

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