חׇרְבָּה
chorbâh · khor-baw'
properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H2721 (חֹרֶב);
properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of the head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חׇרְבָּה 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
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- waste5 · 16%
- wastes3 · 9%
- and the wastes2 · 6%
- the desolations1 · 3%
- desolate places1 · 3%
- destructions1 · 3%
- of the desert1 · 3%
- their bread also out of their desolate places1 · 3%
- and the waste places1 · 3%
- the decayed places1 · 3%
- them through the deserts1 · 3%
- for thy waste1 · 3%
- all her waste places1 · 3%
- ye waste places1 · 3%
- waste places1 · 3%
- are laid waste1 · 3%
- shall be desolate1 · 3%
- shall become a desolation1 · 3%
- desolations1 · 3%
- shall be a desolation1 · 3%
- them a desolation1 · 3%
- be laid waste1 · 3%
- they are a desolation1 · 3%
- and they are wasted1 · 3%
- a desolation1 · 3%
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.