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Lexicon :: Strong's H2793 - ḥōreš

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חֹרֶשׁ
Transliteration
ḥōreš
Pronunciation
kho'-resh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 762a

Strong’s Definitions

חֹרֶשׁ chôresh, kho'-resh; from H2790; a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric):—bough, forest, shroud, wood.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2793 in the following manner: wood (4x), forest (1x), bough (1x), shroud (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2793 in the following manner: wood (4x), forest (1x), bough (1x), shroud (1x).

  1. wood, wooded height, forest, wooded area

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹרֶשׁ chôresh, kho'-resh; from H2790; a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric):—bough, forest, shroud, wood.
STRONGS H2793: Abbreviations
† חֹ֫רֶשׁ noun masculineEzekiel 31:3 wood, wooded height (Assyrian ḫuršu, wooded height COTGloss LyonSargontexte, Gloss (see also DlPr 180 Checritical note on Isaiah 17:9); Late Hebrew חוֺרֶשׁ wood, forest; Aramaic חוּרְשָׁא id.) — absolute ח׳ Isaiah 17:9; Ezekiel 31:3 (but on both see below); חֹ֫רְשָׁה 1 Samuel 23:16 (see Dr); בַּחֹ֫רְשָׁה 1 Samuel 23:15, 18, 19; plural חֳרָשִׁים 2 Chronicles 27:4; — wooded height 1 Samuel 23:15 (|| בָּהָר 1 Samuel 23:14), 1 Samuel 23:16; 1 Samuel 23:18, so בַּמְּצָדוֺת בַּח׳ בְּגִבְעַת הַחֲכִילָה 1 Samuel 23:19; בנה בִּירָנִיּוֺת וּמִגְדָּלִים וּבֶח׳ 2 Chronicles 27:4 and on the wooded heights he built fortresses and towers (|| בְּהַר יְהוּדָה); עֲזוּבַת הַחֹרֶשׁ וְהָאָמִיר Isaiah 17:9 the forsaken places of the wooded heights and summits Ges Ew De Di RV; but read probably החוי והאמרי ע׳ forsaken places of the Hivites and the Amorites, so Greek Version of the LXX Lag Che Or Brd Du; ח׳ מֵצַל Ezekiel 31:3 shade-giving wood or thicket, of close branches of cedar (but sense hardly legitimate; strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

23:14; 23:15; 23:15; 23:16; 23:16; 23:18; 23:18; 23:19; 23:19

2 Chronicles

27:4; 27:4

Isaiah

17:9; 17:9; 17:9

Ezekiel

31:3; 31:3; 31:3

H2793

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2793 matches the Hebrew חֹרֶשׁ (ḥōreš),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:15 - While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that[fn] Saul had come out to take his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:16 - And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:18 - The two of them made a covenant before the LORD. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19 - The Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:4 - He built towns in the hill country of Judah and forts and towers in the wooded areas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:9 - In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:3 - Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest; it towered on high, its top above the thick foliage.
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