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חָרַב H2717

H2717 is the Hebrew word חָרַב, transliterated chârab and said khaw-rab'. The King James Version most often renders it laid waste.

Word: חָרַבTransliteration: chârabSaid: khaw-rab'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 34 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

or חֲרֵב; a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 28 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

laid waste 7×dried up 5×dried 3×desolate 3×dry up 2×waste 2×never dried 1×destroyer 1×surely 1×slain 1×destroyed 1×decayeth 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.

Verses using חָרַב

All 34 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 8:13 · KJV

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Judges 16:7 · KJV

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

Judges 16:8 · KJV

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Judges 16:24 · KJV

And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

2 Kings 3:23 · KJV

And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

2 Kings 19:17 · KJV

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

2 Kings 19:24 · KJV

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

Job 14:11 · KJV

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

Psalm 106:9 · KJV

He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

Isaiah 19:5 · KJV

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

Isaiah 19:6 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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

Isaiah 37:25 · KJV

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

Isaiah 42:15 · KJV

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 · KJV

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

Isaiah 49:17 · KJV

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

Isaiah 50:2 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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

Jeremiah 2:12 · KJV

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

Jeremiah 26:9 · KJV

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 · KJV

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.

Jeremiah 50:27 · KJV

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 · KJV

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.

Ezekiel 6:6 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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.

Ezekiel 26:19 · KJV

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 · KJV

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.

Hosea 13:15 · KJV

Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

Amos 7:9 · KJV

And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

Nahum 1:4 · KJV

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

Zephaniah 3:6 · KJV

I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2717 mean?

H2717 is the Hebrew word חָרַב (chârab), meaning to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill.

How is H2717 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it laid waste (7 times), dried up (5 times), dried (3 times), desolate (3 times), dry up (2 times), among others.

How many times does H2717 appear in the Bible?

חָרַב (chârab) is tagged in 34 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2717 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or חֲרֵב; a primitive root.

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