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Lexicon :: Strong's H2720 - ḥārēḇ

Aa
חָרֵב
Transliteration
ḥārēḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-rabe'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 731a

Strong’s Definitions

חָרֵב chârêb, khaw-rabe'; from H2717; parched or ruined:—desolate, dry, waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H2720 in the following manner: waste (6x), dry (2x), desolate (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H2720 in the following manner: waste (6x), dry (2x), desolate (2x).

  1. waste, desolate, dry

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרֵב chârêb, khaw-rabe'; from H2717; parched or ruined:—desolate, dry, waste.
STRONGS H2720: Abbreviations
† I. [חָרֵב] adjective dry, only feminine singular חֲרֵבָה Leviticus 7:10 of meal-offering not moistened (with oil; P); פַּת־ חֲרֵבָה Proverbs 17:1 a dry morsel.

† II. חָרֵב adjective waste, desolate; — masculine singular absolute ח׳ Jeremiah 33:10 + 3 times; feminine singular חֲרֵבָה Nehemiah 2:3 + 2 times; feminine plural הֶחֳרֵבוֺת Ezekiel 36:35, 38 (see Köi. 241); — of a city, defined מֵאֵין אָדָם וּמֵאֵין בְּהֵמָה Jeremiah 33:10, compare Jeremiah 33:12; also Nehemiah 2:3, 17; הֶעָרִים הֶחֳרֵבוֺת Ezekiel 36:35 (+ הַנְשַׁמּוֺת, הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת; opposed to בְּצוּרוֺת יָשָׁב֑וּ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

7:10

Nehemiah

2:3; 2:3; 2:17

Proverbs

17:1

Jeremiah

33:10; 33:10; 33:12

Ezekiel

36:35; 36:35; 36:38

H2720

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2720 matches the Hebrew חָרֵב (ḥārēḇ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10 - ‘Every H3605 grain offering, H4503 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 or dry, H2720 shall [fn]belong H1961 to all H3605 the sons H1121 of Aaron, H175 [fn]to all H376 alike. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 - Better H2896 is a dry H2720 morsel H6595 and quietness H7962 with it
Than H4480 a house H1004 full H4392 of [fn]feasting H2077 with strife. H7379

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:10 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 ‘Yet H5750 again H5750 there will be heard H8085 in this H2088 place, H4725 of which H834 you say, H559 “It is a waste, H2720 without H369 man H120 and without H369 beast,” H929 that is, in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 and in the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 that are desolate, H8074 without H369 man H120 and without H369 inhabitant H3427 and without H369 beast, H929

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 ‘There will again H5750 be in this H2088 place H4725 which is waste, H2720 without H4480 H369 man H120 or beast, H929 and in all H3605 its cities, H5892 a [fn]habitation H5116 of shepherds H7462 who rest H7257 their flocks. H6629

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - “They will say, H559 ‘This H1976 desolate H8074 land H776 has become H1961 like the garden H1588 of Eden; H5731 and the waste, H2720 desolate H8074 and ruined H2040 cities H5892 are fortified H1219 and inhabited.’ H3427

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38 - “Like the flock H6629 [fn]for sacrifices, H6944 like the flock H6629 at Jerusalem H3389 during her appointed H4150 feasts, H4150 so H3651 will the waste H2720 cities H5892 be filled H4392 with flocks H6629 of men. H120 Then they will know H3045 that I am the LORD.”’” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:4 - “Is it time H6256 for you yourselves H859 to dwell H3427 in your paneled H5603 houses H1004 while this H2088 house H1004 lies desolate?” H2720

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - “You look H6437 for much, H7235 but behold, H2009 it comes to little; H4592 when you bring H935 it home, H1004 I blow H5301 it away. Why?” H3282 H4100 declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 “Because H3282 of My house H1004 which H834 lies desolate, H2720 while each H376 of you runs H7323 to his own house. H1004
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