חֹרֶב
Transliteration
ḥōreḇ
Pronunciation
kho'-reb
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A collaterally form of חֶרֶב (H2719)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 731b

Strong’s Definitions

חֹרֶב chôreb, kho'-reb; a collaterally form of H2719; drought or desolation:—desolation, drought, dry, heat, × utterly, waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H2721 in the following manner: heat (6x), dry (3x), drought (3x), waste (2x), desolation (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H2721 in the following manner: heat (6x), dry (3x), drought (3x), waste (2x), desolation (1x), utterly (1x).

  1. dryness, desolation, drought, heat

    1. dryness

    2. drought

    3. parching heat

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹרֶב chôreb, kho'-reb; a collaterally form of H2719; drought or desolation:—desolation, drought, dry, heat, × utterly, waste.
STRONGS H2721: Abbreviations
† I. חֹ֫רֶב noun masculineGenesis 31:40 dryness, drought, heat, absolute ח׳ Genesis 31:40 + 11 times + Deuteronomy 28:22 (for MT חֶרֶב; see Di, followed by ; and omitted); —
1.dryness Judges 6:37, 39, 40 (all of absence of dew); Jeremiah 50:38 (|| יָבֵשׁ); so read also Zechariah 11:17 (for MT חֶרֶב, see Zechariah 11:17b and StaZAW i. 1881, 29), a drying up upon his arm (i.e. a withering) and upon his right eye.
2. drought Haggai 1:11 + Deuteronomy 28:22 see above.
3. parching heat (of sun) Genesis 31:40 (opposed to קֶ֫רַח), Jeremiah 36:30 (opposed to id.); Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 25:4, 5 (twice in verse); of fever Job 30:30.

† II. חֹ֫רֶב noun [masculine] desolation; — עָרֵי ח׳ Isaiah 61:4 cities of desolation (|| שֹׁמֲמוֺת, and, in Isaiah 61:4a, חָרְבוֺת); compare Zephaniah 2:14 (but read עֹרֵב, We and others); Jeremiah 49:13, and מִצְרַיִם חָרְבוֺת ח׳ Ezekiel 29:10 Egypt shall be wastes of desolation (but Co wastes of the sword, חֶרֶב for חֹרֶב); + Ezekiel 38:8 Co, who reads מֵחֹרֶב (or מֵחָרְבָּה).
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References

Genesis

Genesis 31:40; Genesis 31:40; Genesis 31:40

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 28:22; Deuteronomy 28:22

Judges

Judges 6:37; Judges 6:39; Judges 6:40

Job

Job 30:30

Isaiah

Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 25:4; Isaiah 25:5; Isaiah 61:4; Isaiah 61:4

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 36:30; Jeremiah 49:13; Jeremiah 50:38

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 29:10; Ezekiel 38:8

Zephaniah

Zephaniah 2:14

Haggai

Haggai 1:11

Zechariah

Zechariah 11:17; Zechariah 11:17