חָרַב
chârab · khaw-rab'
to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
Lexicon
Derivation: or חֲרֵב; a primitive root;
to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › the house, what is within
To separate and protect of the head, the highest of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָרַב 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
40 occurrences · 40 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall be laid waste3 · 11%
- waste2 · 7%
- were dried up1 · 4%
- was dry1 · 4%
- that were never dried1 · 4%
- which had not been dried1 · 4%
- and the destroyer1 · 4%
- are surely1 · 4%
- slain1 · 4%
- have destroyed1 · 4%
- have i dried1 · 4%
- decayeth1 · 4%
- also, and it was dried up1 · 4%
- shall be wasted1 · 4%
- and dried up1 · 4%
- it shall lie waste1 · 4%
- have laid waste1 · 4%
- have i dried up1 · 4%
- i will make waste1 · 4%
- be dry1 · 4%
- and they that made thee waste1 · 4%
- i dry up1 · 4%
- art thou not it which hath dried1 · 4%
- shall be utterly1 · 4%
- wasted1 · 4%
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.