Lexicon :: Strong's H2717 - ḥāraḇ

חָרַב

Transliteration

ḥāraḇ

Pronunciation

khaw-rab'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 731,732

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

חָרַב chârab, khaw-rab'; or חֲרֵב chărêb; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill:—decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, × surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's H2717 in the following manner: waste (16x), dry (7x), dry up (7x), desolate (3x), slay (2x), decayeth (1x), destroyed (1x), destroyer (1x), surely (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H2717: Abbreviations

† I. [חָרֵב] verb be dry, dried up (compare יָבֵשׁ) (Aramaic חֲרוֺב be dry, חוּרְבָּא drought); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural חָֽרְבוּ Genesis 8:13 (twice in verse), Isaiah 19:6; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֶחֱרַב Hosea 13:15 + 2 times, וַיֶּחֱרָ֑ב Psalm 106:9; Imperative feminine singular חֳרָ֑בִי Isaiah 44:27; — be dry, dried up:

1. of ground, be freed from waters of flood הָאֳדמָה פְּנֵי ח׳ Genesis 8:13b (J).

2. of waters, be dried up, taken away; of waters of flood Genesis 8:13a (P); of Nile וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב 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. Perfect 3rd person plural לֹא חֹרָ֑בוּ Judges 16:7, 8, of fresh bow-strings (of gut, see Bla).
Hiph. Perfect הֶחֱרִיב Nahum 1:4, of י׳'s drying up rivers (|| וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ), perhaps also Isaiah 11:15 (for MT החרים) see ; 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 Bfro be laid waste; Zinjirli חרב adjective; Arabic خَرِبَ be in ruins, waste, depopulated; Assyrian ḫarâbu, be waste, Dl^{Pr 175}, ḫuribtu, desert, Lotz^TP); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֶּחֱרַ֔ב Jeremiah 26:9, תֶּחֱרָ֔ב Isaiah 34:10; 3rd person masculine plural יֶחֶרְבוּ Ezekiel 6:6, יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ Amos 7:9; Isaiah 60:12; 3rd person feminine plural תֶּחֱרַבְנָה Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 12:20; Imperative חָרְבוּ (so, 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. Participle feminine נֶחֱרֶבֶת Ezekiel 26:19 as adjective, desolate city, i.e. uninhabited, see context; נַחֲרָבוֺת Ezekiel 30:17 of desolate countries (|| נָשַׁמּוּ).
Hiph. Perfect הֶחֱרִיב Ezekiel 19:17; 1st person singular הֶחֱרַבְתִּי Zephaniah 3:6; 3rd person plural הֶחֱרִיבוּ Isaiah 37:18; 2 Kings 19:17; Imperfect 1st person 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. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הָחֳרָ֑בָה Ezekiel 26:2 she is laid waste, of a city; Participle מָחֳרָבוֺת Ezekiel 29:12 laid waste, of cities (|| שׁמם).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2718.

† III. [חָרַב] verb (Aramaic and rare) attack, smite down (compare Arabic حَرَبَ plunder, III. wage war with, VI. fight together, حَرْبً war, battle; Syriac Bfro smite, slay) —
Qal Imperative masculine singular חֲרֹב Jeremiah 50:21 attack (+ וְהַחֲרֵם אַחֲרֵיהֶם); masculine plural חִרְבוּ Jeremiah 50:27 object כָּל־פָּרֶיהָ, figurative of men of Babylon.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נֶחֶרְבוּ המלכים (see Hoph.) הָחֳרֵב 2 Kings 3:23 the kings have attacked one another, fought together (|| וַיַּכּוּ אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ).
Hoph. Infinitive absolute 2 Kings 3:23, see Niph., but read perhaps הֵחָרֵב, compare Dr Leviticus 19:20, note.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:13; 8:13; 8:13

Leviticus

19:20

Judges

16:7; 16:8; 16:24; 16:24

2 Kings

3:23; 3:23; 19:17; 19:17; 19:24

Job

14:11

Psalms

106:9; 106:9

Isaiah

11:15; 19:5; 19:6; 19:6; 34:10; 34:10; 37:18; 37:18; 37:25; 42:15; 42:15; 44:27; 44:27; 49:17; 49:17; 50:2; 51:10; 60:12; 60:12; 60:12

Jeremiah

2:12; 2:12; 26:9; 26:9; 50:21; 50:27; 51:36

Ezekiel

6:6; 6:6; 6:6; 6:6; 12:20; 12:20; 19:7; 26:2; 26:19; 29:12; 30:17

Hosea

13:15; 13:15

Amos

4:9; 7:9; 7:9

Nahum

1:4

Zephaniah

3:6; 3:6

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Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H2717 matches the Hebrew חָרַב (ḥāraḇ),
which occurs 42 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 8:13

Gen 8:13 - And it came to pass in the six^H8337 hundredth^H3967 and first year,^H8141 in the first^H7223 month, the first^H259 day of the month,^H2320 the waters^H4325 were dried up^H2717 from off the earth:^H776 and Noah^H5146 removed^H5493 the covering^H4372 of the ark,^H8392 and looked,^H7200 and, behold, the face^H6440 of the ground^H127 was dry.^H2717

Jdg 16:7

Jdg 16:7 - And Samson^H8123 said^H559 unto her, If they bind^H631 me with seven^H7651 green^H3892 withs^H3499 that were never dried,^H2717 then shall I be weak,^H2470 and be as another^H259 man.^H120

Jdg 16:8

Jdg 16:8 - Then the lords^H5633 of the Philistines^H6430 brought up^H5927 to her seven^H7651 green^H3892 withs^H3499 which had not been dried,^H2717 and she bound^H631 him with them.

Jdg 16:24

Jdg 16:24 - And when the people^H5971 saw^H7200 him, they praised^H1984 their god:^H430 for they said,^H559 Our god^H430 hath delivered^H5414 into our hands^H3027 our enemy,^H341 and the destroyer^H2717 of our country,^H776 which slew^H2491 many^H7235 of us.

2Ki 3:23

2Ki 3:23 - And they said,^H559 This is blood:^H1818 the kings^H4428 are surely^H2717 slain,^H2717 and they have smitten^H5221 one^H376 another:^H7453 now therefore, Moab,^H4124 to the spoil.^H7998

2Ki 19:17

2Ki 19:17 - Of a truth,^H551 LORD,^H3068 the kings^H4428 of Assyria^H804 have destroyed^H2717 the nations^H1471 and their lands,^H776

2Ki 19:24

2Ki 19:24 - I have digged^H6979 and drunk^H8354 strange^H2114 waters,^H4325 and with the sole^H3709 of my feet^H6471 have I dried^H2717 up all the rivers^H2975 of besieged places.^H4693

Neh 2:3

Neh 2:3 - And said^H559 unto the king,^H4428 Let the king^H4428 live^H2421 for ever:^H5769 why should not my countenance^H6440 be sad,^H3415 when the city,^H5892 the place^H1004 of my fathers'^H1 sepulchres,^H6913 lieth waste,^H2720 and the gates^H8179 thereof are consumed^H398 with fire?^H784

Neh 2:17

Neh 2:17 - Then said^H559 I unto them, Ye see^H7200 the distress^H7451 that we are in, how Jerusalem^H3389 lieth waste,^H2720 and the gates^H8179 thereof are burned^H3341 with fire:^H784 come,^H3212 and let us build up^H1129 the wall^H2346 of Jerusalem,^H3389 that we be no more a reproach.^H2781

Job 14:11

Job 14:11 - As the waters^H4325 fail^H235 from the sea,^H3220 and the flood^H5104 decayeth^H2717 and drieth up:^H3001

Psa 106:9

Psa 106:9 - He rebuked^H1605 the Red^H5488 sea^H3220 also, and it was dried up:^H2717 so he led^H3212 them through the depths,^H8415 as through the wilderness.^H4057

Isa 19:5

Isa 19:5 - And the waters^H4325 shall fail^H5405 from the sea,^H3220 and the river^H5104 shall be wasted^H2717 and dried up.^H3001

Isa 19:6

Isa 19:6 - And they shall turn^H2186 ➔ the rivers^H5104 far away;^H2186 and the brooks^H2975 of defence^H4693 shall be emptied^H1809 and dried up:^H2717 the reeds^H7070 and flags^H5488 shall wither.^H7060

Isa 34:10

Isa 34:10 - It shall not be quenched^H3518 night^H3915 nor day;^H3119 the smoke^H6227 thereof shall go up^H5927 for ever:^H5769 from generation^H1755 to generation^H1755 it shall lie waste;^H2717 none shall pass through^H5674 it for ever^H5331 and ever.^H5331

Isa 37:18

Isa 37:18 - Of a truth,^H551 LORD,^H3068 the kings^H4428 of Assyria^H804 have laid waste^H2717 all the nations,^H776 and their countries,^H776

Isa 37:25

Isa 37:25 - I have digged,^H6979 and drunk^H8354 water;^H4325 and with the sole^H3709 of my feet^H6471 have I dried up^H2717 all the rivers^H2975 of the besieged places.^H4693

Isa 42:15

Isa 42:15 - I will make waste^H2717 mountains^H2022 and hills,^H1389 and dry up^H3001 all their herbs;^H6212 and I will make^H7760 the rivers^H5104 islands,^H339 and I will dry up^H3001 the pools.^H98

Isa 44:27

Isa 44:27 - That saith^H559 to the deep,^H6683 Be dry,^H2717 and I will dry up^H3001 thy rivers:^H5104

Isa 49:17

Isa 49:17 - Thy children^H1121 shall make haste;^H4116 thy destroyers^H2040 and they that made thee waste^H2717 shall go forth^H3318 of thee.

Isa 50:2

Isa 50:2 - Wherefore, when I came,^H935 was there no man?^H376 when I called,^H7121 was there none to answer?^H6030 Is my hand^H3027 shortened^H7114 at all,^H7114 that it cannot redeem?^H6304 or have I no power^H3581 to deliver?^H5337 behold, at my rebuke^H1606 I dry up^H2717 the sea,^H3220 I make^H7760 the rivers^H5104 a wilderness:^H4057 their fish^H1710 stinketh,^H887 because there is no water,^H4325 and dieth^H4191 for thirst.^H6772

Isa 51:10

Isa 51:10 - Art thou not it which hath dried^H2717 the sea,^H3220 the waters^H4325 of the great^H7227 deep;^H8415 that hath made^H7760 the depths^H4615 of the sea^H3220 a way^H1870 for the ransomed^H1350 to pass over?^H5674

Isa 60:12

Isa 60:12 - For the nation^H1471 and kingdom^H4467 that will not serve^H5647 thee shall perish;^H6 yea, those nations^H1471 shall be utterly^H2717 wasted.^H2717

Jer 2:12

Jer 2:12 - Be astonished,^H8074 O ye heavens,^H8064 at this, and be horribly afraid,^H8175 be ye very^H3966 desolate,^H2717 saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

Jer 26:9

Jer 26:9 - Why hast thou prophesied^H5012 in the name^H8034 of the LORD,^H3068 saying,^H559 This house^H1004 shall be like Shiloh,^H7887 and this city^H5892 shall be desolate^H2717 without an inhabitant?^H3427 And all the people^H5971 were gathered^H6950 against Jeremiah^H3414 in the house^H1004 of the LORD.^H3068

Jer 50:21

Jer 50:21 - Go up^H5927 against the land^H776 of Merathaim,^H4850 even against it, and against the inhabitants^H3427 of Pekod:^H6489 waste^H2717 and utterly destroy^H2763 after^H310 them, saith^H5002 the LORD,^H3068 and do^H6213 according to all that I have commanded^H6680 thee.

Jer 50:27

Jer 50:27 - Slay^H2717 all her bullocks;^H6499 let them go down^H3381 to the slaughter:^H2874 woe^H1945 unto them! for their day^H3117 is come,^H935 the time^H6256 of their visitation.^H6486

Jer 51:36

Jer 51:36 - Therefore thus saith^H559 the LORD;^H3068 Behold, I will plead^H7378 thy cause,^H7379 and take vengeance^H5358 for thee;^H5360 and I will dry up^H2717 her sea,^H3220 and make her springs^H4726 dry.^H3001

Eze 6:6

Eze 6:6 - In all your dwellingplaces^H4186 the cities^H5892 shall be laid waste,^H2717 and the high places^H1116 shall be desolate;^H3456 that your altars^H4196 may be laid waste^H2717 and made desolate,^H816 and your idols^H1544 may be broken^H7665 and cease,^H7673 and your images^H2553 may be cut down,^H1438 and your works^H4639 may be abolished.^H4229

Eze 12:20

Eze 12:20 - And the cities^H5892 that are inhabited^H3427 shall be laid waste,^H2717 and the land^H776 shall be desolate;^H8077 and ye shall know^H3045 that I am the LORD.^H3068

Eze 19:7

Eze 19:7 - And he knew^H3045 their desolate palaces,^H490 and he laid waste^H2717 their cities;^H5892 and the land^H776 was desolate,^H3456 and the fulness^H4393 thereof, by the noise^H6963 of his roaring.^H7581

Eze 26:2

Eze 26:2 - Son^H1121 of man,^H120 because that Tyrus^H6865 hath said^H559 against Jerusalem,^H3389 Aha,^H1889 she is broken^H7665 that was the gates^H1817 of the people:^H5971 she is turned^H5437 unto me: I shall be replenished,^H4390 now she is laid waste:^H2717

Eze 26:19

Eze 26:19 - For thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD;^H3069 When I shall make^H5414 thee a desolate^H2717 city,^H5892 like the cities^H5892 that are not inhabited;^H3427 when I shall bring up^H5927 the deep^H8415 upon thee, and great^H7227 waters^H4325 shall cover^H3680 thee;

Eze 29:12

Eze 29:12 - And I will make^H5414 the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 desolate^H8077 in the midst^H8432 of the countries^H776 that are desolate,^H8074 and her cities^H5892 among^H8432 the cities^H5892 that are laid waste^H2717 shall be desolate^H8077 forty^H705 years:^H8141 and I will scatter^H6327 the Egyptians^H4714 among the nations,^H1471 and will disperse^H2219 them through the countries.^H776

Eze 30:7

Eze 30:7 - And they shall be desolate^H8074 in the midst^H8432 of the countries^H776 that are desolate,^H8074 and her cities^H5892 shall be in the midst^H8432 of the cities^H5892 that are wasted.^H2717

Hos 13:15

Hos 13:15 - Though he be fruitful^H6500 among his brethren,^H251 an east wind^H6921 shall come,^H935 the wind^H7307 of the LORD^H3068 shall come up^H5927 from the wilderness,^H4057 and his spring^H4726 shall become dry,^H954 and his fountain^H4599 shall be dried up:^H2717 he shall spoil^H8154 the treasure^H214 of all pleasant^H2532 vessels.^H3627

Amo 7:9

Amo 7:9 - And the high places^H1116 of Isaac^H3446 shall be desolate,^H8074 and the sanctuaries^H4720 of Israel^H3478 shall be laid waste;^H2717 and I will rise^H6965 against the house^H1004 of Jeroboam^H3379 with the sword.^H2719

Nah 1:4

Nah 1:4 - He rebuketh^H1605 the sea,^H3220 and maketh it dry,^H2717 and drieth up^H3001 all the rivers:^H5104 Bashan^H1316 languisheth,^H535 and Carmel,^H3760 and the flower^H6525 of Lebanon^H3844 languisheth.^H535

Zep 3:6

Zep 3:6 - I have cut off^H3772 the nations:^H1471 their towers^H6438 are desolate;^H8074 I made their streets^H2351 waste,^H2717 that none passeth by:^H5674 their cities^H5892 are destroyed,^H6658 so that there is no man,^H376 that there is none inhabitant.^H3427