H2720 חָרֵב
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 10 KJV occurrences
חָרֵב
chârêb · khaw-rabe'
Definition
parched or ruined
KJV Renderings
desolate, dry, waste.
Derivation / Etymology
from H2717 (חָרַב);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 10)
- Leviticus 7:10And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.
- Nehemiah 2:3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
- Nehemiah 2:17¶ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
- Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
- Jeremiah 33:12Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
- Ezekiel 36:35And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
- Ezekiel 36:38As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Haggai 1:4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?