חָרַב (chârab) — Decay

Strong's H2717 is tagged on 40 words in 36 verses across 12 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 8:13 and last appears in Zephaniah 3:6.

How it is rendered in the text

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Forms found in the text

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Books where it appears most

Verses (first 25 of 36)

• Genesis 8:13 — חָרְבוּ — they were dried up
• Judges 16:7 — חֹרָבוּ — they have been dried
• Judges 16:8 — חֹרָבוּ — they had been dried
• Judges 16:24 — מַחֲרִיב — the desolator of
• 2 Kings 3:23 — הָחֳרֵב — certainly to fight
• 2 Kings 19:17 — הֶחֱרִיבוּ — they have made desolate
• 2 Kings 19:24 — וְאַחְרִב — so I may dry up
• Job 14:11 — יֶחֱרַב — it dries up
• Psalms 106:9 — וַיֶּחֱרָב — and it dried up
• Isaiah 19:5 — יֶחֱרַב — it will become dry
• Isaiah 19:6 — וְחָרְבוּ — and they will become dry
• Isaiah 34:10 — תֶּחֱרָב — it will be desolate
• Isaiah 37:18 — הֶחֱרִיבוּ — they have made desolate
• Isaiah 37:25 — וְאַחְרִב — so I may dry up
• Isaiah 42:15 — אַחֲרִיב — I will lay waste
• Isaiah 44:27 — חֳרָבִי — be dried up
• Isaiah 49:17 — וּמַחֲרִבַיִךְ — and those who make desolate you
• Isaiah 50:2 — אַחֲרִיב — I dry up
• Isaiah 51:10 — הַמַּחֲרֶבֶת — who dried up
• Isaiah 60:12 — חָרֹב — certainly to be desolate
• Jeremiah 2:12 — חָרְבוּ — be desolate
• Jeremiah 26:9 — תֶּחֱרַב — it will be desolate
• Jeremiah 50:21 — חֲרֹב — kill
• Jeremiah 50:27 — חִרְבוּ — kill
• Jeremiah 51:36 — וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי — and I will dry up

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Related entries

Entries whose derivation names this word: H2718 חֲרַב (chărab), H2719 חֶרֶב (chereb), H2720 חָרֵב (chârêb), H2722 חֹרֵב (Chôrêb), H2725 חֲרָבוֹן (chărâbôwn).

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