חָרוֹן
chârôwn · khaw-rone'
a burning of anger
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) חָרֹן; from H2734 (חָרָה);
a burning of anger
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sore displeasure, fierce(-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath(-ful).
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָרוֹן 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
41 occurrences · 41 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of his fierce3 · 10%
- from the fierceness2 · 6%
- his fierce2 · 6%
- for the fierce2 · 6%
- the fierce2 · 6%
- thy wrath1 · 3%
- from thy fierce1 · 3%
- that the fierce1 · 3%
- yet the fierce1 · 3%
- not from the fierceness1 · 3%
- and there is fierce1 · 3%
- that his fierce1 · 3%
- that the fierceness1 · 3%
- thereof, until the fierce1 · 3%
- wrath1 · 3%
- the fury1 · 3%
- them in his sore displeasure1 · 3%
- and in his wrath1 · 3%
- upon them, and let thy wrathful1 · 3%
- upon them the fierceness1 · 3%
- thyself from the fierceness1 · 3%
- thy fierce wrath1 · 3%
- and fierce1 · 3%
- and by his fierce1 · 3%
- because of the fierce1 · 3%
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.