חֳרִי
chŏrîy · khor-ee'
a burning (i.e. intense) anger
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2734 (חָרָה);
a burning (i.e. intense) anger
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fierce, [idiom] great, heat.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › the hand that works
To separate and protect of the head, the highest of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֳרִי 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in a great1 · 17%
- what meaneth the heat1 · 17%
- in fierce1 · 17%
- in great1 · 17%
- for the fierce1 · 17%
- in his fierce1 · 17%
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.