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Lexicon :: Strong's H2717 - ḥāraḇ

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חָרַב
Transliteration
ḥāraḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-rab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 731,732

Strong’s Definitions

חָרַב chârab, khaw-rab'; or חֲרֵב chărêb; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill:—decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, × surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's H2717 in the following manner: waste (16x), dry (7x), dry up (7x), desolate (3x), slay (2x), decayeth (1x), destroyed (1x), destroyer (1x), surely (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x
The KJV translates Strong's H2717 in the following manner: waste (16x), dry (7x), dry up (7x), desolate (3x), slay (2x), decayeth (1x), destroyed (1x), destroyer (1x), surely (1x), utterly (1x).

  1. to be waste, lay waste, make desolate, be desolate, be in ruins

    1. (Qal) to be waste, be desolate

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be made desolate

      2. desolate (participle)

    3. (Hiphil) to lay waste, make desolate

    4. (Hophal) to be laid waste

  2. to be dry, be dried up

    1. (Qal) to be dried, be dried up

    2. (Pual) to be dried

    3. (Hiphil) to dry up

    4. (Hophal) to be dried up

  3. to attack, smite down, slay, fight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרַב chârab, khaw-rab'; or חֲרֵב chărêb; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill:—decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, × surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.
STRONGS H2717: Abbreviations
† I. [חָרֵב] verb be dry, dried up (compare יָבֵשׁ) (Aramaic חֲרוֺב be dry, חוּרְבָּא drought); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural חָֽרְבוּ Genesis 8:13 (twice in verse), Isaiah 19:6; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֶחֱרַב Hosea 13:15 + 2 times, וַיֶּחֱרָ֑ב Psalm 106:9; Imperative feminine singular חֳרָ֑בִי Isaiah 44:27; — be dry, dried up:
1. of ground, be freed from waters of flood הָאֳדמָה פְּנֵי ח׳ Genesis 8:13b (J).
2. of waters, be dried up, taken away; of waters of flood Genesis 8:13a (P); of Nile וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵשׁ Isaiah 19:5 (|| וְנִשְּׁתוּמַֿיִם מֵהַיָּם), see same combination Job 14:11 (|| אָֽזְלו מַיִם מִנִּייָֿם); Isaiah 19:6 (|| דָּֽלֲלוּ) Isaiah 44:27 (|| הוֺבִישׁ); of Red Sea Psalm 106:9; figurative of Ephraim's freshness and vigour Hosea 13:15.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person plural לֹא חֹרָ֑בוּ Judges 16:7, 8, of fresh bow-strings (of gut, see Bla).
Hiph. Perfect הֶחֱרִיב Nahum 1:4, of י׳'s drying up rivers (|| וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ), perhaps also Isaiah 11:15 (for MT החרים) see Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Targum; וְהַחֲרַבְתִּ֫י the Euphrates Jeremiah 51:36 (|| הוֺבַשְׁתִּי); Imperfect אַחֲרִיב יָם Isaiah 50:2, subject י׳, I dry up a sea (|| אָשִׂים נְהָרוֺת מִדְבָּר); אַחְרִב Isaiah 37:25 ＝אַחֲרִב 2 Kings 19:24, of king of Assyria drying up rivers of Egypt; Participle feminine singular הַמַּחֲרֶבֶת Isaiah 51:10 of י׳'s arm drying up (Red) Sea.

† II. [חָרֵב] be waste, desolate (Late Hebrew חָרֵב id.; Aramaic חֲרוֺב Bfro be laid waste; Zinjirli חרב adjective; Arabic خَرِبَ be in ruins, waste, depopulated; Assyrian ḫarâbu, be waste, DlPr 175, ḫuribtu, desert, LotzTP); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֶּחֱרַ֔ב Jeremiah 26:9, תֶּחֱרָ֔ב Isaiah 34:10; 3rd person masculine plural יֶחֶרְבוּ Ezekiel 6:6, יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ Amos 7:9; Isaiah 60:12; 3rd person feminine plural תֶּחֱרַבְנָה Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 12:20; Imperative חָרְבוּ (so, not חָֽרְבוּ — Theile — see van d. H. Hahn Köi. 244) Jeremiah 2:12; Infinitive absolute חָרֹב Isaiah 60:12; — be waste, desolate; of sanctuaries of Israel Amos 7:9 (|| נָשַׁמּוּ), of altars Ezekiel 6:6; of cities Jeremiah 26:9; Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 12:20 (|| שׁמם); of nations Isaiah 34:10, חָרֹב יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ Isaiah 60:12 (|| יאֹבֵדוּ); figurative, in address to the heavens חָרְבוּ מְאֹד Jeremiah 2:12 — (|| שֹׁמּוּ, וְשַׂעֲרוּ), be very desolate (at sins of Israel); others, be amazed, astounded (on relation of meanings see שׁמם).
Niph. Participle feminine נֶחֱרֶבֶת Ezekiel 26:19 as adjective, desolate city, i.e. uninhabited, see context; נַחֲרָבוֺת Ezekiel 30:17 of desolate countries (|| נָשַׁמּוּ).
Hiph. Perfect הֶחֱרִיב Ezekiel 19:17; 1st person singular הֶחֱרַבְתִּי Zephaniah 3:6; 3rd person plural הֶחֱרִיבוּ Isaiah 37:18; 2 Kings 19:17; Imperfect 1st person singular אַחֲרִיב Isaiah 42:15; Participle מַחֲרִיב Judges 16:24; plural with suffix מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ Isaiah 49:17; — lay waste, make desolate, human subject; nations and lands Isaiah 37:18 ＝2 Kings 19:17; Isaiah 42:15, compare participle Isaiah 49:17 (|| מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ); add probably with We Amos 4:9 (הֶחֱרַבְתִּי for the untranslateable הַרְבּוֺת) I have devastated your gardens and vineyards; participle Judges 16:24 desolater of our country (|| הִרְבָּה אֶתחֲֿלָלֵנ֑וּ); object cities Ezekiel 19:7; streets Zephaniah 3:6 (|| נָשַׁמּוּ).
Hoph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הָחֳרָ֑בָה Ezekiel 26:2 she is laid waste, of a city; Participle מָחֳרָבוֺת Ezekiel 29:12 laid waste, of cities (|| שׁמם).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2718.

† III. [חָרַב] verb (Aramaic and rare) attack, smite down (compare Arabic حَرَبَ plunder, III. wage war with, VI. fight together, حَرْبً war, battle; Syriac Bfro smite, slay) —
Qal Imperative masculine singular חֲרֹב Jeremiah 50:21 attack (+ וְהַחֲרֵם אַחֲרֵיהֶם); masculine plural חִרְבוּ Jeremiah 50:27 object כָּל־פָּרֶיהָ, figurative of men of Babylon.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נֶחֶרְבוּ המלכים (see Hoph.) הָחֳרֵב 2 Kings 3:23 the kings have attacked one another, fought together (|| וַיַּכּוּ אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ).
Hoph. Infinitive absolute 2 Kings 3:23, see Niph., but read perhaps הֵחָרֵב, compare Dr Leviticus 19:20, note.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:13; 8:13; 8:13

Leviticus

19:20

Judges

16:7; 16:8; 16:24; 16:24

2 Kings

3:23; 3:23; 19:17; 19:17; 19:24

Job

14:11

Psalms

106:9; 106:9

Isaiah

11:15; 19:5; 19:6; 19:6; 34:10; 34:10; 37:18; 37:18; 37:25; 42:15; 42:15; 44:27; 44:27; 49:17; 49:17; 50:2; 51:10; 60:12; 60:12; 60:12

Jeremiah

2:12; 2:12; 26:9; 26:9; 50:21; 50:27; 51:36

Ezekiel

6:6; 6:6; 6:6; 6:6; 12:20; 12:20; 19:7; 26:2; 26:19; 29:12; 30:17

Hosea

13:15; 13:15

Amos

4:9; 7:9; 7:9

Nahum

1:4

Zephaniah

3:6; 3:6

H2717

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Strong's Number H2717 matches the Hebrew חָרַב (ḥāraḇ),
which occurs 42 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - Samson H8123 said H559 to her, “If H518 they bind H631 me with seven H7651 fresh H3892 cords H3499 that have not been dried, H2717 then I will become H2470 weak H2470 and be like any H259 other man.” H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:8 - Then the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 brought H5927 up to her seven H7651 fresh H3892 cords H3499 that had not been dried, H2717 and she bound H631 him with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:24 - When the people H5971 saw H7200 him, they praised H1984 their god, H430 for they said, H559
“Our god H430 has given H5414 our enemy H340 into our hands, H3027
Even the destroyer H2717 of our country, H776
Who H834 has slain H2491 many H7235 of us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - Then they said, H559 “This H2088 is blood; H1818 the kings H4428 have surely H2717 fought H2717 together, H2717 and they have slain H5221 one H376 another. H7453 Now H6258 therefore, Moab, H4124 to the spoil!” H7998

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:17 - “Truly, H551 O LORD, H3068 the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 have devastated H2717 the nations H1471 and their lands H776

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:24 - “I dug H6979 wells and drank H8354 foreign H2114 waters, H4325
And with the sole H3709 of my feet H6471 I [fn]dried H2717 up
All H3605 the rivers H2975 of [fn]Egypt.” H4693

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:3 - I said H559 to the king, H4428 “Let the king H4428 live H2421 forever. H5769 Why H4069 should my face H6440 not be sad H7489 when H834 the city, H5892 the place H1004 of my fathers’ H1 tombs, H6913 lies desolate H2720 and its gates H8179 have been consumed H398 by fire?” H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 - Then I said H559 to them, “You see H7200 the bad H7451 situation H7451 we are in, that Jerusalem H3389 is desolate H2720 and its gates H8179 burned H3341 by fire. H784 Come, H1980 let us rebuild H1129 the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 so H3808 that we will no H3808 longer H5750 be a reproach.” H2781

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - “As water H4325 [fn]evaporates H235 from the sea, H3220
And a river H5104 becomes H2717 parched H2717 and dried H3001 up,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - Thus He rebuked H1605 the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea H3220 and it dried H2717 up,
And He led H1980 them through the deeps, H8415 as through the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5 - The waters H4325 from the sea H3220 will dry H5405 up,
And the river H5104 will be parched H2717 and dry. H3001

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - The [fn]canals H5104 will emit H2186 a stench, H2186
The [fn]streams H2975 of Egypt H4693 will thin H1809 out and dry H2717 up;
The reeds H7070 and rushes H5488 will rot H7060 away. H7060

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10 - It will not be quenched H3518 night H3915 or day; H3119
Its smoke H6227 will go H5927 up forever. H5769
From generation H1755 to generation H1755 it will be desolate; H2717
None H369 will pass H5674 through it forever H5331 and ever. H5331

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:18 - “Truly, H551 O LORD, H3068 the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 have devastated H2717 all H3605 the countries H776 and their lands, H776

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And with the sole H3709 of my feet H6471 I dried H2717 up
All H3605 the rivers H2975 of [fn]Egypt.’ H4693

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - “I will lay H2717 waste H2717 the mountains H2022 and hills H1389
And wither H3001 all H3605 their vegetation; H6212
I will make H7760 the rivers H5104 into coastlands H339
And dry H3001 up the ponds. H98

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And I will make H3001 your rivers H5104 dry. H3001

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:17 - “Your [fn]builders H1121 hurry; H4116
Your destroyers H2040 and devastators H2717
Will depart H3318 from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - “Why H4069 was there H369 no H369 man H376 when I came? H935
When I called, H7121 why was there H369 none H369 to answer? H6030
Is My hand H3027 so H4480 short H7114 that it cannot H4480 ransom? H6304
Or H518 have H369 I no H369 power H3581 to deliver? H5337
Behold, H2005 I dry H2717 up the sea H3220 with My rebuke, H1606
I make H7760 the rivers H5104 a wilderness; H4057
Their fish H1710 stink H887 for lack H369 of water H4325
And die H4191 of thirst. H6772

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The waters H4325 of the great H7227 deep; H8415
Who made H7760 the depths H4615 of the sea H3220 a pathway H1870
For the redeemed H1350 to cross H5674 over? H5674

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And the nations H1471 will be utterly H2717 ruined. H2717

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And shudder, H8175 be very H3966 desolate,” H2717 declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:9 - “Why H4069 have you prophesied H5012 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 saying, H559 ‘This H2088 house H1004 will be like Shiloh H7887 and this H2088 city H5892 will be desolate, H2717 without H369 inhabitant’?” H3427 And all H3605 the people H5971 gathered H6950 about H413 Jeremiah H3414 in the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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And against H413 the inhabitants H3427 of [fn]Pekod. H6489
Slay H2717 and [fn]utterly H2763 destroy H2763 them,” declares H5002 the LORD, H3068
“And do H6213 according to all H3605 that I have commanded H6680 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Put H2717 all H3605 her young H6499 bulls H6499 to the sword; H2717
Let them go H3381 down H3381 to the slaughter! H2874
Woe H1945 be upon them, for their day H3117 has come, H935
The time H6256 of their punishment. H6486

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“Behold, H2009 I am going to plead H7378 your case H7379
And exact H5358 full H5360 vengeance H5360 for you;
And I will dry H2717 up her [fn]sea H3220
And make H3001 her fountain H4726 dry. H3001

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And laid H2717 waste H2717 their cities; H5892
And the land H776 and its fullness H4393 were appalled H3456
Because H4480 of the sound H6963 of his roaring. H7581

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - “So I will make H5414 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 a desolation H8077 in the midst H8432 of desolated H8074 lands. H776 And her cities, H5892 in the midst H8432 of cities H5892 that are laid H2717 waste, H2717 will be desolate H8077 forty H705 years; H8141 and I will scatter H6327 the Egyptians H4714 among the nations H1471 and disperse H2219 them among the lands.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:7 - “They will be desolate H8074
In the midst H8432 of the desolated H8074 lands; H776
And her cities H5892 will be
In the midst H8432 of the devastated H2717 cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though H3558 he flourishes H6509 among H996 the [fn]reeds, H260
An east H6921 wind H6921 will come, H935
The wind H7307 of the LORD H3068 coming H5927 up from the wilderness; H4057
And his fountain H4726 will become H954 dry H954
And his spring H4599 will be dried H2717 up;
It will plunder H8154 his treasury H214 of every H3605 precious H2532 article. H3627

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - “The high H1116 places H1116 of Isaac H3327 will be desolated H8074
And the sanctuaries H4720 of Israel H3478 laid H2717 waste. H2717
Then I will rise H6965 up against H5921 the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379 with the sword.” H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:4 - He rebukes H1605 the sea H3220 and makes H3001 it dry; H3001
He dries H2717 up all H3605 the rivers. H5104
Bashan H1316 and Carmel H3760 wither; H535
The blossoms H6525 of Lebanon H3844 wither. H535

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - “I have cut H3772 off H3772 nations; H1471
Their corner H6438 towers H6438 are in ruins. H8074
I have made H2717 their streets H2351 desolate, H2717
With no H1097 one H1097 passing H5674 by;
Their cities H5892 are laid H6658 waste, H6658
Without H4480 H1097 a man, H376 without H4480 H369 an inhabitant. H3427
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