חָרָה
chârâh · khaw-raw'
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2787 (חָרַר));
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
- to glow or grow warm
- figuratively, (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be angry, burn, be displeased, [idiom] earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, [idiom] very, be wroth. See H8474 (תַּחָרָה).
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
- 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 › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָרָה 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
91 occurrences · 91 OT · 0 NT · 39 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was kindled29 · 36%
- wroth8 · 10%
- kindled6 · 8%
- be kindled4 · 5%
- was hot4 · 5%
- fret3 · 4%
- to be angry3 · 4%
- be angry2 · 3%
- wax hot2 · 3%
- was displeased2 · 3%
- because he was wroth2 · 3%
- is kindled2 · 3%
- why art thou wroth1 · 1%
- let it not displease1 · 1%
- was wroth1 · 1%
- burn1 · 1%
- nor angry1 · 1%
- shall wax hot1 · 1%
- may wax hot1 · 1%
- waxed hot1 · 1%
- shall be kindled1 · 1%
- be hot1 · 1%
- and it grieved1 · 1%
- but if he be very1 · 1%
- to us: wherefore then be ye angry1 · 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.