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Lexicon :: Strong's H2717 - ḥāraḇ

Aa
חָרַב
Transliteration
ḥāraḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-rab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 BoxGen 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - And Samson said to her, If seven new bow-cords which have never been made dry are knotted round me, I will become feeble and will be like any other man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:8 - So the chiefs of the Philistines gave her seven new bow-cords which had never been made dry, and she had them tightly knotted round him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:24 - And when the people saw him, they gave praise to their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands the one who was fighting against us, who made our country waste, and who put great numbers of us to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - Then they said, This is blood: it is clear that destruction has come on the kings; they have been fighting one another: now come, Moab, let us take their goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:17 - Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste the nations and their lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:24 - I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:3 - And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 - Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - The waters go from a pool, and a river becomes waste and dry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5 - And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10 - It will not be put out day or night; its smoke will go up for ever: it will be waste from generation to generation; no one will go through it for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:18 - Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste all the nations and their lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:25 - I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants; and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27 - Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will make your rivers dry:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:17 - Your builders are coming quickly; your haters and those who made you waste will go out of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:10 - Did you not make the sea dry, the waters of the great deep? did you not make the deep waters of the sea a way for the Lord's people to go through?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:12 - For the nation or kingdom which will not be your servant will come to destruction; such nations will be completely waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:12 - Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:9 - Why have you said in the name of the Lord, This house will be like Shiloh, and this land a waste with no one living in it? And all the people had come together to Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:21 - Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the people of Pekod; put them to death and send destruction after them, says the Lord, and do everything I have given you orders to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - In all your living-places the towns will become broken walls, and the high places made waste; so that your altars may be broken down and made waste, and your images broken and ended, and so that your sun-images may be cut down and your works rubbed out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:20 - And the peopled towns will be made waste, and the land will become a wonder; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:7 - And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2 - Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she who was the doorway of the peoples is broken; she is turned over to them; she who was full is made waste;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19 - For this is what the Lord has said: I will make you a waste town, like the towns which are unpeopled; when I make the deep come upon you, covering you with great waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - I will make the land of Egypt a waste among the countries which are made waste, and her towns will be unpeopled among the towns which have been made waste, for forty years: and I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:7 - And she will be made waste among the countries which have been made waste, and her towns will be among the towns which are unpeopled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - And the high places of Isaac will be unpeopled, and the holy places of Israel will be made waste; and I will come up against the family of Jeroboam with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:4 - He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - I have had the nations cut off, their towers are broken down; I have made their streets a waste so that no one goes through them: destruction has overtaken their towns, so that there is no man living in them.
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