חֲרוּץ
chărûwts · khaw-roots'
properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
Lexicon
Derivation: or חָרֻץ; passive participle of H2782 (חָרַץ);
properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
- properly, incised or (active) incisive
- hence, (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth)
- (figuratively) determination
- also, eager
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
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)
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲרוּץ 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the diligent4 · 22%
- gold2 · 11%
- than gold2 · 11%
- of decision2 · 11%
- sharp pointed things1 · 6%
- thereof than fine gold1 · 6%
- of a diligent1 · 6%
- with a threshing instrument1 · 6%
- sharp1 · 6%
- and the wall1 · 6%
- with threshing instruments1 · 6%
- and fine gold1 · 6%
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.