Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H2717

Strong's H2717 · Hebrew

חָרַב

chârab · /khaw-rab'/

Number
H2717
Language
Hebrew
Original word
חָרַב
Transliteration
chârab
Pronunciation
khaw-rab'
KJV occurrences
36 verses

Definition

to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill

KJV: decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.

Root / derivation: or חֲרֵב; a primitive root;

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered חָרַב across 36 verses.

waste13×
up7×
dried4×
desolate3×
dry3×
wasted3×
decayeth1×
destroyed1×
destroyer1×
slain1×
Slay1×
surely1×
utterly1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

36 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Genesis1 verse
Judges3 verses
2 Kings3 verses
Job1 verse
Psalms1 verse
Isaiah11 verses
Isaiah 19:5

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

Isaiah 19:6

And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

Isaiah 34:10

It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

Isaiah 37:18

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, nations: Heb. lands

Isaiah 37:25

I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. besieged: or, fenced and closed

Isaiah 42:15

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

Isaiah 44:27

That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

Isaiah 49:17

Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

Isaiah 50:2

Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

Isaiah 51:10

Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

Isaiah 60:12

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Jeremiah5 verses
Jeremiah 2:12

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 26:9

Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:21

Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. of Merathaim: or, of the rebels Pekod: or, Visitation

Jeremiah 50:27

Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

Ezekiel7 verses
Ezekiel 6:6

In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

Ezekiel 12:20

And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 19:7

And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. their desolate: or, their widows the fulness: or, all it containeth

Ezekiel 26:2

Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

Ezekiel 26:19

For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

Ezekiel 29:12

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Ezekiel 30:7

And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

Hosea1 verse
Amos1 verse
Nahum1 verse
Zephaniah1 verse

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H2717 (chârab) mean?

to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill

How many times does H2717 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H2717 (חָרַב) appears in 36 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “waste.”

How is chârab translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H2717 is rendered as “waste” (13×), “up” (7×), “dried” (4×), “desolate” (3×), among other words.

Where does the Hebrew word חָרַב come from?

or חֲרֵב; a primitive root;