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Strong's #2717 - חָרַב

Transliteration

chârab

Phonetics

khaw-rab', khaw-rabe'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

731,732

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to be waste, lay waste, make desolate, be desolate, be in ruins
1. (Qal) to be waste, be desolate
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be made desolate
  2. desolate (participle)
3. (Hiphil) to lay waste, make desolate
4. (Hophal) to be laid waste
to be dry, be dried up
1. (Qal) to be dried, be dried up
2. (Pual) to be dried
3. (Hiphil) to dry up
4. (Hophal) to be dried up
to attack, smite down, slay, fight

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1842 ‑ ἐξολεθρεύω (ex‑ol‑oth‑ryoo'‑o); 1587 ‑ ἐκλείπω (ek‑li'‑po); 2047 ‑ ἐρημία (er‑ay‑mee'‑ah); 2048 ‑ ἔρημος (er'‑ay‑mos); 3583 ‑ ξηραίνω (xay‑rah'ee‑no); 2049 ‑ ἐρημόω (er‑ay‑mo'‑o); 3164 ‑ μάχομαι (makh'‑om‑ahee); 1311 ‑ διαφθείρω (dee‑af‑thi'‑ro);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (40)

Genesis 2

Judges 3

2 Kings 4

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

BSB (38)

Genesis 2

Judges 3

2 Kings 4

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

CSB (37)

Genesis 2

Judges 3

2 Kings 3

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

ESV (40)

Genesis 2

Judges 3

2 Kings 4

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

KJV (40)

Genesis 2

Judges 3

2 Kings 4

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

LEB (40)

Genesis 2

Judges 3

2 Kings 3

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (41)

Genesis 2

Judges 3

2 Kings 5

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

Amos 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

ASV (40)

also, and it was dried up 1

and dried up 1

and i will dry up 1

and laid waste 1

and maketh it dry 1

and the destroyer 1

and they that made thee waste 1

are surely 1

be dry 1

desolate 1

destroyed 1

have laid waste 2

i dry up 1

i will lay waste 1

is it not thou that driedst 1

it shall lie waste 1

may be laid waste 1

now that she is laid waste 1

shall be desolate 1

shall be dried up 1

shall be laid waste 3

shall be utterly 1

shall be wasted 1

slay 2

that are laid waste 1

that are wasted 1

that were never dried 1

thee a desolate 1

was dried 1

waste 1

wasted 1

wasteth 1

were dried up 1

which had not been dried 1

will i dry 1

will i dry up 1

BSB (38)

a desolate 1

and deserted 1

and devastated 1

and dry up 1

and it dried up 1

appalled 1

be dry 1

becomes parched 1

been dried 2

destroyed 1

dries up 1

had dried up 1

have clashed swords 1

have laid waste 2

i have dried up 2

i have made 1

i will dry up 1

i will lay waste 1

it will lie desolate 1

now that she lies in ruins 1

put them to the sword 1

ruined 1

run dry 1

the ruined 1

to the sword 1

was dry 1

who destroyed 1

who dried up 1

will be laid waste 4

will be parched 1

will be utterly 1

will run dry 1

CSB (37)

be dry 1

becomes parched 1

desolate 1

destroyed 1

devastate you 1

devastated 3

dried 2

drying 1

it dried up 1

ruin' 1

ruined 3

ruins 3

run dry 1

swords 1

to the sword 2

up 5

waste 2

who destroyed 1

who dried up 1

will be annihilated 1

will be in ruins 1

will be parched 2

will run dry 1

ESV (40)

desolate 2

dried 3

dried up 2

dry 4

dry up 4

fought 1

kill 2

laid 1

laid waste 10

parched 1

ravager 1

surely 1

up 1

utterly 1

waste 5

wastes away 1

KJV (40)

decayeth 1

desolate 3

destroyed 1

destroyer 1

dried 4

dry 3

slain 1

slay 1

surely 1

up 7

utterly 1

waste 13

wasted 3

LEB (40)

and dry up 1

and he devastated 1

and i caused 1

and i dried up 1

and i will cause 1

and it dried up 1

and those who laid 1

certainly 1

desolate 1

devastate 1

dried up 3

dry up 1

for it lies in ruins 1

have laid waste 1

have utterly destroyed 1

he makes 1

i dry up 1

i have laid waste 1

i will cause 1

is ruined 2

it shall be in ruins 1

massacre 2

ruined 2

shall be laid waste 1

shall be utterly devastated 1

was dried up 1

who dried up 1

will be desolate 2

will be desolate⌋ 1

will be in ruins 1

will be parched 2

withers away 1

you a desolate 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (41)

and dried up 1

and i will dry up 1

and laid waste 1

and makes it dry 1

and the destroyer 1

and they have struck 1

and those who made you waste 1

are surely 1

desolate 1

destroyed 1

have destroyed 1

have laid waste 1

i dry up 1

i will destroy 1

i will dry up 1

it will lie waste 1

kill 2

may be laid waste 1

now that she is laid waste 1

shall be desolate 1

shall be laid waste 2

shall be utterly 1

that are laid waste 1

that are wasted 1

that were never dried 1

was dried 1

waste 1

wasted 1

wastes 1

were dried up 1

which had not been dried 1

will be dried up 1

will be laid waste 1

will be wasted 1

will i dry 1

you a desolate 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2199) b r h (ההרב HhRB) AC: Waste CO: Sword AB: ?: [from: rh- heat]

V) b r h (ההרב HhRB) - Waste: A dry wasteland. Also a place that has been laid waste and made desolate. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (41): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Pual, Participle) waste, dry, desolate, slay, decay, destroy - Strongs: H2717 (חָרַב), H2718 (חֲרַב)

N^f) b r h (ההרב HhRB) - I. Sword:A weapon used to lay waste a city. II. Waste:A dry or desolate place. KJV (423): sword, knife, dagger, axe, mattock - Strongs: H2719 (חֶרֶב), H2720 (חָרֵב)

N^f1) e b r h (ההרבה HhRBH) - Waste: KJV (50): waste, desolate, desert, decayed, dry land, dry ground - Strongs: H2723 (חָרְבָּה), H2724 (חָרָבָה)

g^m) b r f h (ההורב HhWRB) - I. Heat: II. Waste: KJV (16): heat, dry, drought, waste, desolation - Strongs: H2721 (חֹרֶב)

j^m) n f b r h (ההרבונ HhRBWN) - Drought: KJV (1): drought - Strongs: H2725 (חֲרָבוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [חָרֵב] verb be dry, dried up (compare יָבֵשׁ) (Aramaic חֲרוֺב be dry, חוּרְבָּא drought); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural חָֽרְבוּ Genesis 8:13 (twice in verse), Isaiah 19:6; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יֶחֱרַב Hosea 13:15 2t., וַיֶּחֱרָ֑ב Psalm 106:9; Imperative feminine singular חֳרָ֑בִי Isaiah 44:27; — be dry, dried up:

1 of ground, be freed from waters of floodמְּנֵי חָאֲדָמָה ׳ח Genesis 8:13 b (J).

2 of waters, be dried up, taken away; of waters of flood Genesis 8:13 a (P); of Nile וְנָהָריֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵשׁ Isaiah 19:5 ("" וְנִשְּׁתוּמַֿיִם מֵהַיָּם), see same combination Job 14:11 ("" אָֽזְלו מַיִם מִנִּייָֿם); Isaiah 19:6 ("" דָּֽלֲלוּ) Isaiah 44:27 ("" הוֺבִישׁ); of Red Sea Psalm 106:9; figurative of Ephraim's freshness and vigour Hosea 13:15.

Pu`al Perfect 3 plural לֹא חֹרָ֑בוּ Judges 16:7,8, of fresh bow-strings (of gut, see Bla).

Hiph`il Perfect הֶחֱרִיב Nahum 1:4, of ׳י's drying up rivers ("" וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ), perhaps also Isaiah 11:15 (for ᵑ0החרים) see ᵐ5ᵑ6 ᵑ9ᵑ7; וְהַחֲרַבְתִּ֫י the Euphrates Jeremiah 51:36 ("" הוֺבַשְׁתִּי); Imperfect אַחֲרִיב יָם Isaiah 50:2, subject ׳י, I dry up a sea ("" אָשִׂים נְהָרוֺת מִדְבָּר); אַחְרִב Isaiah 37:25 = אַחֲרִב 2 Kings 19:24, of king of Assyria drying up rivers of Egypt; Participle feminine singular הַמַּחֲרֶבֶת Isaiah 51:10 of ׳י's arm drying up (Red) Sea.

II. [חָרֵב] be waste, desolate (Late Hebrew חָרֵב id.; Aramaic חֲרוֺב be laid waste; Zinjirli חרב adjective; Arabic be in ruins, waste, depopulated; Assyrian —arâbu, be waste, Dl^{Proverbs 175}, —uribtu, desert, Lotz^TP); —

Qal Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֶּחֱרַ֔ב Jeremiah 26:9, תֶּחֱרָ֔ב Isaiah 34:10; 3 masculine plural יֶחֶרְבוּ Ezekiel 6:6, יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ Amos 7:9; Isaiah 60:12; 3 feminine plural תֶּחֱרַבְנָה Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 12:20; Imperative חָרְבוּ ( Song of Solomon , not חָֽרְבוּ — Theile — see van d. H Hahn Kö^{i. 244}) Jeremiah 2:12; Infinitive absolute חָרֹב Isaiah 60:12; — be waste, desolate; of sanctuaries of Israel Amos 7:9 ("" נָשַׁמּוּ), of altars Ezekiel 6:6; of cities Jeremiah 26:9; Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 12:20 ("" שׁמם); of nations Isaiah 34:10, חָרֹב יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ Isaiah 60:12 ("" יאֹבֵדוּ); figurative, in address to the heavens חָרְבוּ מְאֹד Jeremiah 2:12 — ("" שֹׁמּוּ, וְשַׂעֲרוּ), be very desolate (at sins of Israel); others, be amazed, astounded (on relation of meanings see שׁמם).

Niph`al Participle feminine נֶחֱרֶבֶת Ezekiel 26:19 as adjective, desolate city, i.e. uninhabited, see context; נַחֲרָבוֺת Ezekiel 30:17 of desolate countries ("" נָשַׁמּוּ).

Hiph`il Perfect הֶחֱרִיב Ezekiel 19:17; 1 singular הֶחֱרַבְתִּי Zephaniah 3:6; 3 plural הֶחֱרִיבוּ Isaiah 37:18; 2 Kings 19:17; Imperfect 1 singular אַחֲרִיב Isaiah 42:15; Participle מַחֲרִיב Judges 16:24; plural with suffix מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ Isaiah 49:17; — lay waste, make desolate, human subject; nations and lands Isaiah 37:18 = 2 Kings 19:17; Isaiah 42:15, compare participle Isaiah 49:17 ("" מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ); add probably with We Amos 4:9 (הֶחֱרַבְתִּי for the untranslateable הַרְבּוֺת) I have devastated your gardens and vineyards; participle Judges 16:24 desolater of our country ("" הִרְבָּה אֶתחֲֿלָלֵנ֑וּ); object cities Ezekiel 19:7; streets Zephaniah 3:6 ("" נָשַׁמּוּ).

Hoph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular הָחֳרָ֑בָה Ezekiel 26:2 she is laid waste, of a city; Participle מָחֳרָבוֺת Ezekiel 29:12 laid waste, of cities ("" שׁמם).

III. [חָרַב] verb (Aramaic and rare) attack, smite down (compare Arabic plunder, III. wage war with, VI. fight together, war, battle; Syriac smite, slay) —

Qal Imperative masculine singular חֲרֹב Jeremiah 50:21 attack (+ וְהַחֲרֵם אַחֲרֵיהֶם); masculine plural חִרְבוּ Jeremiah 50:27 object כָּלמָּֿרֶיהָ, figurative of men of Babylon.

Niph`al Perfect 3 plural נֶחֶרְבוּ המלכים (see

Hoph`al) הָחֳרֵב 2 Kings 3:23 the kings have attacked one another, fought together ("" וַיַּכּוּ אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ).

Hoph`al Infinitive absolute 2 Kings 3:23, see

Niph`al, but read perhaps הֵחָרֵב, compare Dr Leviticus 19:20, note.

[חֲרַב] verb be waste (see Biblical Hebrew II. חרב); —

Hoph`al Perfect הָחָרְבַ֑ת Ezra 4:15 city was laid waste.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָרַב whence imp. חֲרֹב, and חָרֵב future יֶחֱרִב

(1) to be dried up, spoken of water, rivers, earth. Genesis 8:13; Job 14:11 Isai. 19:6 Psalms 106:9. It differs [“as merely denoting the absence of water”] from יָבֵשׁ to be dry, to become dried, see Genesis 8:13, compare 14 also Isaiah 19:5, where there is a gradation, וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵשׁ. Compare Reimarus, De Differentia Vocc. Hebr. p. 64. (From the same stock is Gr. κάρφω to become dry, κράμβος dry.)

(2) to be desolate, to be laid waste, spoken of countries or cities, (dry places being desert, devoid of water, Isai. 42:15 48:21 ); Isai. 34:10 Jeremiah 26:9 of sanctuaries, Amos 7:9 also to be destroyed, wasted, spoken of a people, Isaiah 60:12 and trans. to lay waste, to destroy, Jeremiah 50:21. (Imp. חֲרֹב.)

(3) to be amazed, astonished, Jeremiah 2:12 compare the synonymous words שָׁמַם and שָׁעַר.

(Arab. خَرِبَ to be laid waste, Conj. II. to lay waste, to destroy; cognate to which is حَرَبَ I. II. IV. to wage war.)

Niphal

(1) pass. of Kal No. 2, to be laid waste, desolated, Ezekiel 26:19, 30:7.

(2) recipr. to destroy one another, hence to fight, 2 Kings 3:23.

Pual pass. of No. 1, to be dried, Judges 16:7, Judges 16:8.

Hiphil

(1) to dry up [“as water”], Isaiah 50:2.

(2) to lay waste, towns, countries, Ezekiel 19:7; Judges 16:24 to destroy a people, 2 Kings 19:17.

Hophal pass. of Hiphil No. 2, Ezekiel 26:2, 29:12.

The derivative nouns all follow.

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List of Word Forms

אַחֲרִ֣יב אַחֲרִ֤יב אחריב הֶֽחֱרִ֑יב הֶחֱרִ֑יב הֶחֱרִ֜יבוּ הֶחֱרַ֥בְתִּי הַמַּחֲרֶ֣בֶת הָחֳרֵ֤ב הָחֳרָֽבָה׃ החרב החרבה׃ החרבתי החריב החריבו המחרבת וְאַחְרִב֙ וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי֙ וְחָרְב֖וּ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב וַֽיֶּחֱרָ֑ב וּמַחֲרִבַ֖יִךְ ואחרב והחרבתי וחרבו ויחרב ומחרביך חֲרֵבָ֔ה חֲרֹ֨ב חֳרָ֑בִי חִרְבוּ֙ חָֽרְב֖וּ חָֽרְב֥וּ חָרְב֥וּ חָרֹ֥ב חֹרָ֑בוּ חרב חרבה חרבו חרבי יֶחֱרַ֥ב יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ יֶחֱרָֽבוּ׃ יֶחֶרְב֨וּ יחרב יחרבו יחרבו׃ מַחֲרִ֣יב מָֽחֳרָבוֹת֙ מחרבות מחריב נֶֽחֶרְבוּ֙ נֶחֱרֶ֔בֶת נַחֲרָב֖וֹת נחרבו נחרבות נחרבת תֶּחֱרַ֔בְנָה תֶּחֱרַ֖ב תֶּחֱרָ֔ב תחרב תחרבנה ’a·ḥă·rîḇ ’aḥărîḇ achaRiv chareVah chareVu chaRo chirVu choRavi choRavu hā·ḥo·rā·ḇāh hā·ḥo·rêḇ ḥă·rê·ḇāh ḥā·rə·ḇū ḥă·rōḇ ḥā·rōḇ hāḥorāḇāh hāḥorêḇ ham·ma·ḥă·re·ḇeṯ hammachaRevet hammaḥăreḇeṯ ḥărêḇāh ḥārəḇū ḥărōḇ ḥārōḇ he·ḥĕ·raḇ·tî he·ḥĕ·rî·ḇū he·ḥĕ·rîḇ hecheRavti hecheRiv hecheRivu heḥĕraḇtî heḥĕrîḇ heḥĕrîḇū ḥir·ḇū ḥirḇū ḥo·rā·ḇî ḥō·rā·ḇū hochoRavah hochoRev ḥorāḇî ḥōrāḇū ma·ḥă·rîḇ mā·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ machaRiv maḥărîḇ māḥorāḇōwṯ mochoraVot na·ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ nacharaVot naḥărāḇōwṯ ne·ḥĕ·re·ḇeṯ ne·ḥer·ḇū necheRevet necherVu neḥerḇū neḥĕreḇeṯ te·ḥĕ·raḇ te·ḥĕ·rāḇ te·ḥĕ·raḇ·nāh techeRav techeRavnah teḥĕraḇ teḥĕrāḇ teḥĕraḇnāh ū·ma·ḥă·ri·ḇa·yiḵ umachariVayich ūmaḥăriḇayiḵ vaiyecheRav veachRiv vechareVu vehacharavTi veyecheRav way·ye·ḥĕ·rāḇ wayyeḥĕrāḇ wə’aḥriḇ wə·’aḥ·riḇ wə·ha·ḥă·raḇ·tî wə·ḥā·rə·ḇū wə·ye·ḥĕ·raḇ wəhaḥăraḇtî wəḥārəḇū wəyeḥĕraḇ ye·ḥĕ·rā·ḇū ye·ḥĕ·raḇ ye·ḥer·ḇū yecheRav yecheRavu yecherVu yeḥĕraḇ yeḥĕrāḇū yeḥerḇū