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Lexicon :: Strong's H2742 - ḥārûṣ

Aa
חָרוּץ
Transliteration
ḥārûṣ
Pronunciation
khaw-roots'
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass. participle of חָרַץ (H2782)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 752a,b,753a

Strong’s Definitions

חֲרוּץ chărûwts, khaw-roots'; or חָרֻץ châruts; passive participle of H2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager:—decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H2742 in the following manner: gold (6x), diligent (5x), decision (2x), threshing instrument (2x), sharp (1x), sharp things (1x), wall (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H2742 in the following manner: gold (6x), diligent (5x), decision (2x), threshing instrument (2x), sharp (1x), sharp things (1x), wall (1x).
adjective

  1. sharp-pointed, sharp, diligent

    masculine noun

  2. strict decision, decision

  3. trench, moat, ditch

  4. gold (poetical)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲרוּץ chărûwts, khaw-roots'; or חָרֻץ châruts; passive participle of H2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager:—decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
STRONGS H2742: Abbreviations
† I. חָרוּץ adjective sharp, diligent (on this and following see BaNB 173) — חָרוּץ Isaiah 28:27 + 11 times; plural חֲרוּצִים Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 12:24; חֲרֻצִים Proverbs 13:4; חֲרֻצוֺת Amos 1:3; —
1. sharp: of threshing instrument חָדָשׁ מוֺרָג ח׳ Isaiah 41:15; without מ׳, as substantive, Isaiah 28:27 (where יוּדַשׁ); הַבַּרְזֶל ח׳ Amos 1:3; Job 41:22 (figurative of crocodile).
2. figurative diligent: as substantive Proverbs 21:5; opposed to רְמִיָּךְ Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 12:24, 27; opposed to עָצֵּל Proverbs 13:4. — Daniel 9:25 see IV. חרוץ.

† II. חָרוּץ noun [masculine] strict decision, only עֵמֶק הֶחָרוּץ Joel 4:14 [Joel 3:14] (twice in verse) valley of strict decision (see Bal.c.).

† III. חָרוּץ noun [masculine] trench, moat (Aramaic חֲרִיצָא; Assyrian ḫariṣu, ḫiriṣu, id., DlHWB) — only in רְחוֺב וְח׳ Daniel 9:25, si vera lectio; as above Ges Herzf Ew Zö Meinh (q. v.); Gr רְחוֺב וחיץ; < Syriac Version Bev רְחוֺב וָחוּץ with public places and streets.

† V. חָרוּץ noun masculineProverbs 8:10 gold, in poetry (Phoenician חרץ, see DrSm xxviii; Assyrian ḫurâṣu) — חָרוּץ Psalm 68:14 + 5 times; gold, always || כֶּסֶף; Zechariah 9:3, of dove's wings Psalm 68:14 בִּירַקְרַק ח׳; elsewhere in comparison with value of wisdom, etc. Proverbs 3:14; Proverbs 8:10 (נִבְחָר ח׳) Proverbs 8:19; Proverbs 16:16.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

41:22

Psalms

68:14; 68:14

Proverbs

3:14; 8:10; 8:10; 8:19; 10:4; 10:4; 12:24; 12:24; 12:27; 13:4; 13:4; 16:16; 21:5

Isaiah

28:27; 28:27; 41:15

Daniel

9:25; 9:25

Joel

3:14

Amos

1:3; 1:3

Zechariah

9:3

H2742

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Strong's Number H2742 matches the Hebrew חָרוּץ (ḥārûṣ),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30 - Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:14 - For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 - Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:4 - He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24 - The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27 - He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:4 - The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 - How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:5 - The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:27 - For the fitches are not crushed with a sharp instrument, and a cart-wheel is not rolled over the cummin; but the grain of the fitches is hammered out with a stick, and of the cummin with a rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:15 - See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - Have then the certain knowledge that from the going out of the word for the building again of Jerusalem till the coming of a prince, on whom the holy oil has been put, will be seven weeks: in sixty-two weeks its building will be complete, with square and earthwork.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14 - Masses on masses in the valley of decision! for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:3 - These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Damascus, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have been crushing Gilead with iron grain-crushing instruments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.
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