חָרֵב
chârêb · khaw-rabe'
parched or ruined
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2717 (חָרַב);
parched or ruined
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: desolate, dry, 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 חָרֵב 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lieth waste2 · 20%
- and dry1 · 10%
- is a dry1 · 10%
- shall be desolate1 · 10%
- which is desolate1 · 10%
- and the waste1 · 10%
- so shall the waste1 · 10%
- lie waste1 · 10%
- that is waste1 · 10%
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.