Strongs Number: H2717
- Hebrew Word
- חָרַב
- Transliteration
- chârab
- Phonetic
- khaw-rab'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to parch (through {drought}) that {is} (by analogy) to {desolate} {destroy} kill
- BDB Definition
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1. to be waste, lay waste, make desolate, be desolate, be in ruins
a. (Qal) to be waste, be desolate
b. (Niphal)
1. to be made desolate
2. desolate (participle)
c. (Hiphil) to lay waste, make desolate
d. (Hophal) to be laid waste
2. to be dry, be dried up
a. (Qal) to be dried, be dried up
b. (Pual) to be dried
c. (Hiphil) to dry up
d. (Hophal) to be dried up
3. to attack, smite down, slay, fight
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {decay} (be) {desolate} destroy ({-er}) (be) dry ({up}) {slay} X-(idiom) {surely} ({lay} {lie} make) waste.