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Sunday, July 6th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #2738 - חָרֻל

Transliteration

chârûwl

Phonetics

khaw-rool', khaw-rool'

Origin

apparently, a pass. participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

743a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

nettles, weeds, kind of weed (perhaps chickpea)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 66 ‑ ἄγριος (ag'‑ree‑os); 5434 ‑ φρύγανον (froo'‑gan‑on);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Zephaniah 1

BSB (3)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Zephaniah 1

CSB (2)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Zephaniah 1

ESV (2)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Zephaniah 1

KJV (3)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Zephaniah 1

LEB (3)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Zephaniah 1

LSB (3)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Zephaniah 1

N95 (3)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Zephaniah 1

NAS (3)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Zephaniah 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (3)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Zephaniah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2205) l r h (ההרל HhRL) AC: ? CO: Nettle AB: ?: The tiny thorns of the nettle that cause severe burning. [from: rh- burning]

d^m ) l f r h (ההרול HhRWL) - Nettle: KJV (3): nettle - Strongs: H2738 (חָרֻל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חָרוּל noun [masculine] a kind of weed, perhaps chickpea ( cicercula), see Löw^{p. 153} (Syriac

fodder for horses; ᵑ7 Proverbs 24:31 gives חוּרְלָא) — absolute ׳ח Job 30:6; Zephaniah 2:9; plural חֲרֻלִים Proverbs 24:31; — as growing in devastated land, collective Zephaniah 2:9; in vineyard of slothful, plural ׳כִּסּוּ פניו ח Proverbs 24:31 ("" קִמְּשׂגִים); as sole shelter of certain outcast peoples Job 30:7 (שִׂיחִים).

List of Word Forms

חָר֛וּל חָר֣וּל חרול קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים קמשנים chaRul ḥā·rūl ḥārūl kimmesoNim qim·mə·śō·nîm qimməśōnîm