Strong's Hebrew · H2742
חֲרוּץ
chărûwts · khaw-roots'
decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
Definition
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
Derivation
or חָרֻץ; passive participle of H2782 (חָרַץ);
Appears 19 times in Scripture
“You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.”
“Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.””
“The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.”
“His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.”
“This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.”
“The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.”
“My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.”
“for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.”
“Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.”
“Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).