Strong's Hebrew · H2717
H2717 chârab
חָרַב
khaw-rab'
to dry
chârab appears 40 times in Scripture, including Genesis 8:13 and Judges 16:7. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
In the King James Version
decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, × surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.
Derivation
or חֲרֵב; a primitive root;
Appears 40 times in Scripture
“And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.””
“So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.”
“Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.”
“Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.”
““I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.”
“Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.””
““This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!””
“In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
