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Lexicon :: Strong's H2742 - ḥārûṣ

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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 Box Job 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30 -

“His underparts are like sharp pieces of pottery;

He [fn]spreads out like a threshing H2742 sledge H2742 on the mud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 -

[fn]When you lie down among the sheepfolds,

You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,

And its pinions with [fn]glistening gold H2742.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:14

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For [fn]her profit is better than the profit of silver,

And her produce better than gold H2742.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:10

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“Accept my instruction and not silver,

And knowledge rather than choice gold H2742.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:19

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“My fruit is better than gold H2742, even pure gold;

And my yield better than choice silver.

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Poor is one who works with [fn]a lazy hand,

But the hand of the diligent H2742 makes rich.

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The hand of the diligent H2742 will rule,

But the [fn]lazy hand will be put to forced labor.

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[fn]A lazy person does not [fn]roast his prey,

But the precious possession of a person is diligence H2742.

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The soul of the [fn]lazy one craves and gets nothing,

But the soul of the diligent H2742 is made [fn]prosperous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:16

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How much better it is to get wisdom than gold H2742!

And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:5

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The plans of the diligent H2742 certainly lead to advantage,

But everyone who is in a hurry certainly comes to poverty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:27

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For dill is not threshed with a threshing H2742 sledge H2742,

Nor is the cartwheel [fn]driven over cumin;

But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a club.

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“Behold, I turned you into a new, sharp H2742 threshing sledge with double edges;

You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them,

And make the hills like chaff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - “So you are to know and understand that from the issuing of a [fn]decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until [fn]Messiah the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with [fn]streets and moat H2742, even in times of distress.

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Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of [fn]decision H2742!

For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of [fn]decision H2742.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:3 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three offenses of Damascus, and for four,

I will not [fn]revoke its punishment,

Because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges H2742.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:3

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For Tyre built herself a fortress,

And piled up silver like dust,

And gold H2742 like the mud of the streets.

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