הָרַג
hârag · haw-rag'
to smite with deadly intent
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to smite with deadly intent
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › the head, the highest › to carry, to lift up
To reveal, behold of the head, the highest that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הָרַג above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
167 occurrences · 167 OT · 0 NT · 140 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and slew17 · 20%
- slew14 · 16%
- to slay8 · 9%
- slay6 · 7%
- and they slew5 · 6%
- and slain4 · 5%
- they slew3 · 4%
- to kill2 · 2%
- whom he slew2 · 2%
- and he shall slay2 · 2%
- have slain2 · 2%
- had slain2 · 2%
- who slew2 · 2%
- shall slay2 · 2%
- and slay2 · 2%
- he shall slay2 · 2%
- wilt thou slay2 · 2%
- then will i slay1 · 1%
- should kill1 · 1%
- and they will slay me1 · 1%
- and they will kill1 · 1%
- for i have slain1 · 1%
- whosoever slayeth1 · 1%
- shall slay me1 · 1%
- and slew him1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.