Lexicon :: Strong's H2716 - ḥărā'îm

חֲרָאִים
Transliteration
ḥărā'îm
Pronunciation
kheh'-reh
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused (and vulgar) root probably meaning to evacuate the bowels
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 730a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: חראים (Gesenius) חרא (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

חֶרֶא chereʼ, kheh'-reh; from an unused (and vulgar) root probably meaning to evacuate the bowels; excrement:—dung. Also חֲרִי.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H2716 in the following manner: dung (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H2716 in the following manner: dung (1x).

  1. dung, excrement

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶרֶא chereʼ, kheh'-reh; from an unused (and vulgar) root probably meaning to evacuate the bowels; excrement:—dung. Also חֲרִי.
STRONGS H2716: Abbreviations
† [חֶרֶא, or חֲרִי] noun [masculine] dung (Late Hebrew חרא(י_), id.; Aramaic id.; Mandean חרא (on this and cognate languages in general see NöM 56); Arabic id., whence verb of act, and noun of place; Amharic (DiLex. Aeth. 88) — plural suffix חַרְאֵיהֶם Isaiah 36:12 Kt (Qr צוֺאָתָם); || [H2755 2 Kings 18:27] has חֲרִיהֶם (see singular חרי [H2755 2 Kings 6:25]; Qr as above); חֲרִי יוֺנִים dove's dung [H2755 2 Kings 6:25] Kt (Qr דִּבִיוֺנִים); see, further, GeiUrschrift, 409.
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Isaiah

36:12