Strong's H2721 · Hebrew
חֹרֶב
chôreb · /kho'-reb/
Definition
drought or desolation
KJV: desolation, drought, dry, heat, [idiom] utterly, waste.
Root / derivation: a collaterally form of H2719 (חֶרֶב);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered חֹרֶב across 15 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
15 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Genesis1 verse
Judges3 verses
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
Judges 6:39And 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.
Judges 6:40And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
Isaiah4 verses
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Isaiah 25:4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Isaiah 25:5Thou 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.
Isaiah 61:4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
Jeremiah3 verses
Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Jeremiah 49:13For 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.
Jeremiah 50:38A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H2721 (chôreb) mean?
drought or desolation
How many times does H2721 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H2721 (חֹרֶב) appears in 15 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “heat.”
How is chôreb translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H2721 is rendered as “heat” (6×), “drought” (3×), “dry” (3×), “waste” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word חֹרֶב come from?
a collaterally form of H2719 (חֶרֶב);