The meaning of “חֹרֶף”
Understanding chôreph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
cold, winter (-house), youth. - properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season - figu...
חֹרֶף
cold, winter (-house), youth. - properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season - figuratively, ripeness of age 1) harvest time, autumn 2) (CLBL) winter
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 8:22 | “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. ” Word: חֹרֶף (chôreph) | |
| Job 29:4 | “As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;” Word: חֹרֶף (chôreph) | |
| Psalms 74:17 | “Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.” Word: חֹרֶף (chôreph) | |
| Proverbs 20:4 | “The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.” Word: חֹרֶף (chôreph) | |
| Amos 3:15 | “And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord. ” Word: חֹרֶף (chôreph) |