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The meaning of חֹרֶב

Understanding chôreb reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

a collaterally form of חֶרֶב desolation, drought, dry, heat, [idiom] utterly, waste. - drought or desolation 1) dryness,...

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Strong's Concordance

חֹרֶב

Phonetickho'-reb
Transliterationchôreb
Grammar Code
H:N-M
Hebrew Noun, Masculine
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

a collaterally form of חֶרֶב desolation, drought, dry, heat, [idiom] utterly, waste. - drought or desolation 1) dryness, desolation, drought, heat 1a) dryness 1b) drought 1c) parching heat

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

15 total references
ReferenceText
Genesis 31:40

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Word: חֹרֶב (chôreb)
Judges 6:39

And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

Word: חֹרֶב (chôreb)
Job 30:30

My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

Word: חֹרֶב (chôreb)
Isaiah 25:5

Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

Word: חֹרֶב (chôreb)
Jeremiah 49:13

For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

Word: חֹרֶב (chôreb)

Usage Statistics

Total Occurrences
15x
Most Frequent Book
Isaiah

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