The meaning of “חֹרֶב”
Understanding chôreb reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
a collaterally form of חֶרֶב desolation, drought, dry, heat, [idiom] utterly, waste. - drought or desolation 1) dryness,...
חֹרֶב
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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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