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Lexicon :: Strong's H2721 - ḥōreḇ

Aa
חֹרֶב
Transliteration
ḥōreḇ
Pronunciation
kho'-reb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A collaterally form of חֶרֶב (H2719)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 731b

Strong’s Definitions

חֹרֶב chôreb, kho'-reb; a collaterally form of H2719; drought or desolation:—desolation, drought, dry, heat, × utterly, waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H2721 in the following manner: heat (6x), dry (3x), drought (3x), waste (2x), desolation (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H2721 in the following manner: heat (6x), dry (3x), drought (3x), waste (2x), desolation (1x), utterly (1x).

  1. dryness, desolation, drought, heat

    1. dryness

    2. drought

    3. parching heat

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹרֶב chôreb, kho'-reb; a collaterally form of H2719; drought or desolation:—desolation, drought, dry, heat, × utterly, waste.
STRONGS H2721: Abbreviations
† I. חֹ֫רֶב noun masculineGenesis 31:40 dryness, drought, heat, absolute ח׳ Genesis 31:40 + 11 times + Deuteronomy 28:22 (for MT חֶרֶב; see Di, followed by Vulgate; Greek Version of the LXX and LXX of Lucian (Lag.) omitted); —
1.dryness Judges 6:37, 39, 40 (all of absence of dew); Jeremiah 50:38 (|| יָבֵשׁ); so read also Zechariah 11:17 (for MT חֶרֶב, see Zechariah 11:17b and StaZAW i. 1881, 29), a drying up upon his arm (i.e. a withering) and upon his right eye.
2. drought Haggai 1:11 + Deuteronomy 28:22 see above.
3. parching heat (of sun) Genesis 31:40 (opposed to קֶ֫רַח), Jeremiah 36:30 (opposed to id.); Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 25:4, 5 (twice in verse); of fever Job 30:30.

† II. חֹ֫רֶב noun [masculine] desolation; — עָרֵי ח׳ Isaiah 61:4 cities of desolation (|| שֹׁמֲמוֺת, and, in Isaiah 61:4a, חָרְבוֺת); compare Zephaniah 2:14 (but read עֹרֵב, Greek Version of the LXX We and others); Jeremiah 49:13, and מִצְרַיִם חָרְבוֺת ח׳ Ezekiel 29:10 Egypt shall be wastes of desolation (but Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Co wastes of the sword, חֶרֶב for חֹרֶב); + Ezekiel 38:8 Co, who reads מֵחֹרֶב (or מֵחָרְבָּה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:40; 31:40; 31:40

Deuteronomy

28:22; 28:22

Judges

6:37; 6:39; 6:40

Job

30:30

Isaiah

4:6; 25:4; 25:5; 61:4; 61:4

Jeremiah

36:30; 49:13; 50:38

Ezekiel

29:10; 38:8

Zephaniah

2:14

Haggai

1:11

Zechariah

11:17; 11:17

H2721

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2721 matches the Hebrew חֹרֶב (ḥōreḇ),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:40 - Thus I was; H1961 in the day H3117 the drought H2721 consumed me, H398 and the frost H7140 by night; H3915 and H5074➔ my sleep H8142 departed ➔H5074 from mine eyes. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:37 - Behold, H2009 I H595 will put H3322 a fleece H1492 of wool H6785 in the floor; H1637 and if H518 the dew H2919 be H1961 on H5921 the fleece H1492 only, H905 and H5921➔ it be dry H2721 upon ➔H5921 all H3605 the earth H776 beside, then shall I know H3045 that H3588 thou wilt save H3467 Israel H3478 by mine hand, H3027 as H834 thou hast said. H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - And H559➔ Gideon H1439 said ➔H559 unto H413 God, H430 Let H2734➔ not H408 thine anger H639 be hot ➔H2734 against me, and I will speak H1696 but H389 this once: H6471 let me prove, H5254 I pray thee, H4994 but H7535 this once H6471 with the fleece; H1492 let it H1961➔ now H4994 be ➔H1961 dry H2721 only H905 upon H413 the fleece, H1492 and upon H5921 all H3605 the ground H776 let there be H1961 dew. H2919

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:40 - And H6213➔ God H430 did ➔H6213 so H3651 that H1931 night: H3915 for it was H1961 dry H2721 upon H413 the fleece H1492 only, H905 and H5921➔ there was H1961 dew H2919 on ➔H5921 all H3605 the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:30 - My skin H5785 is black H7835 upon me, H5921 and my bones H6106 are burned H2787 with H4480 heat. H2721

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - And H5521➔ there shall be H1961 a tabernacle ➔H5521 for a shadow H6738 in the daytime H3119 from the heat, H2721 and for a place of refuge, H4268 and for a covert H4563 from storm H2230 and from rain. H4306

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For H3588 thou hast been H1961 a strength H4581 to the poor, H1800 a strength H4581 to the needy H34 in H6862➔ his distress, ➔H6862 a refuge H4268 from the storm, H2230 a shadow H6738 from the heat, H2721 when H3588 the blast H7307 of the terrible ones H6184 is as a storm H2230 against the wall. H7023

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - Thou shalt bring down H3665 the noise H7588 of strangers, H2114 as the heat H2721 in a dry place; H6724 even the heat H2721 with the shadow H6738 of a cloud: H5645 the branch H2158 of the terrible ones H6184 shall be brought low. H6030

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4 - And they shall build H1129 the H2723➔ old H5769 wastes, ➔H2723 they shall raise up H6965 the H8074➔ former H7223 desolations, ➔H8074 and they shall repair H2318 the H5892➔ waste H2721 cities, ➔H5892 the desolations H8074 of many generations. H1755

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of H5921 Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah; H3063 He shall have H1961 none H3808 to sit H3427 upon H5921 the throne H3678 of David: H1732 and his dead body H5038 shall be H1961 cast out H7993 in the day H3117 to the heat, H2721 and H7140➔ in the night H3915 to the frost. ➔H7140

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:13 - For H3588 I have sworn H7650 by myself, saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 that H3588 Bozrah H1224 shall become H1961 a desolation, H8047 a reproach, H2781 a waste, H2721 and a curse; H7045 and all H3605 the cities thereof H5892 shall be H1961 perpetual H5769 wastes. H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:38 - A drought H2721 is upon H413 her waters; H4325 and they shall be dried up: H3001 for H3588 it H1931 is the land H776 of graven images, H6456 and H367➔ they are mad H1984 upon their idols. ➔H367

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - Behold, H2005➔ therefore H3651 I ➔H2005 am against thee, H413 and against H413 thy rivers, H2975 and I will make H5414 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 utterly H2721 waste H2723 and desolate, H8077 from the tower H4024 of Syene H5482 even unto H5704 the border H1366 of Ethiopia. H3568

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - And H7257➔ flocks H5739 shall lie down ➔H7257 in the midst of her, H8432 all H3605 the beasts H2416 of the nations: H1471 both H1571 the cormorant H6893 and H1571 the bittern H7090 shall lodge H3885 in the upper lintels of it; H3730 their voice H6963 shall sing H7891 in the windows; H2474 desolation H2721 shall be in the thresholds: H5592 for H3588 he shall uncover H6168 the cedar work. H731

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:11 - And I called H7121 for a drought H2721 upon H5921 the land, H776 and upon H5921 the mountains, H2022 and upon H5921 the corn, H1715 and upon H5921 the new wine, H8492 and upon H5921 the oil, H3323 and upon H5921 that which H834 the ground H127 bringeth forth, H3318 and upon H5921 men, H120 and upon H5921 cattle, H929 and upon H5921 all H3605 the labour H3018 of the hands. H3709
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