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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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: by day H3117 the [fn]heat H2721 consumed H398 me and the frost H7140 by night, H3915 and my sleep H8142 fled H5074 from my eyes. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:37 - behold, H2009 I will put H3322 a fleece H1492 of wool H6785 on the threshing H1637 floor. H1637 If H518 there is dew H2919 on the fleece H1492 only, H905 and it is dry H2721 on all H3605 the ground, H776 then I will know H3045 that You will deliver H3467 Israel H3478 [fn]through H3027 me, as You have spoken.” H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon H1439 said H559 to God, H430 “Do not let Your anger H639 burn H2734 against me that I may speak H1696 once H6471 more; H6471 please H4994 let me make H5254 a test H5254 once H6471 more H6471 with the fleece, H1492 let it now H4994 be dry H2721 only H905 on the fleece, H1492 and let there be dew H2919 on all H3605 the ground.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:40

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:30 - “My skin H5785 turns H7835 black H7835 [fn]on me,
And my bones H6106 burn H2787 with [fn]fever. H2721

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - There will be a shelter H5521 to give shade H6738 from the heat H2721 by day, H3119 and refuge H4268 and [fn]protection H4563 from the storm H2230 and the rain. H4306

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For You have been H1961 a defense H4581 for the helpless, H1800
A defense H4581 for the needy H34 in his distress, H6862
A refuge H4268 from the storm, H2230 a shade H6738 from the heat; H2721
For the breath H7307 of the ruthless H6184
Is like a rain storm H2230 against a wall. H7023

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - Like heat H2721 in drought, H6724 You subdue H3665 the uproar H7588 of aliens; H2114
Like heat H2721 by the shadow H6738 of a cloud, H5645 the song H2158 of the ruthless H6184 is [fn]silenced. H6031

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4 - Then they will rebuild H1129 the ancient H5769 ruins, H2723
They will raise H6965 up the former H7223 devastations; H8074
And they will repair H2318 the ruined H2721 cities, H5892
The desolations H8074 of many H1755 generations. H1755

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30 - ‘Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 “He shall have H1961 no H3808 one to sit H3427 on the throne H3678 of David, H1732 and his dead H5038 body H5038 shall be cast H7993 out to the heat H2721 of the day H3117 and the frost H7140 of the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:13 - “For I have sworn H7650 by Myself,” declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 “that Bozrah H1224 will become H1961 an object H8047 of horror, H8047 a reproach, H2781 a ruin H2721 and a curse; H7045 and all H3605 its cities H5892 will become H1961 perpetual H5769 ruins.” H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:38 - “A [fn]drought H2721 on her waters, H4325 and they will be dried H3001 up!
For it is a land H776 of idols, H6456
And they are mad H1984 over fearsome H367 idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - therefore, H3651 behold, H2009 I am against H413 you and against H413 your [fn]rivers, H2975 and I will make H5414 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 an utter H2721 waste H2721 and desolation, H8077 from Migdol H4024 to Syene H5482 and even to the border H1366 of [fn]Ethiopia. H3568

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - Flocks H5739 will lie H7257 down H7257 in her midst, H8432
[fn]All H3605 beasts H2416 which range in herds; H1471
Both H1571 the [fn]pelican H6893 and the hedgehog H7090
Will lodge H3885 in [fn]the tops H3730 of her pillars; H3730
[fn]Birds H6963 will sing H7891 in the window, H2474
Desolation H2721 will be on the threshold; H5592
For He has laid H6168 bare H6168 the cedar H731 work. H731

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:11 - “I called H7121 for a drought H2721 on the land, H776 on the mountains, H2022 on the grain, H1715 on the new H8492 wine, H8492 on the oil, H3323 on what H834 the ground H127 produces, H3318 on men, H120 on cattle, H929 and on all H3605 the labor H3018 of [fn]your hands.” H3709
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