Word Study · Strong's H2722 · Hebrew
חֹרֵב
Choreb
kho-rabe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Chôrêb
“Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains
Rendered in the KJV as
Horeb.
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- בְּחֹרֵ֑ב3
- בְּחֹרֵב֒2
- בְחֹרֵב֙1
- בְּחֹרֵ֣ב1
- בְּחֹרֵ֖ב1
- בְּחֹרֵ֔ב1
- בְּחֹרֵֽב׃1
- בְּחֹרֵֽב׃ פ1
- וּבְחֹרֵ֥ב1
- חוֹרֵֽב׃1
- חֹרֵֽב׃1
- חֹרֵֽבָה׃1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- at Horeb11
- from Horeb2
- Horeb2
- and at Horeb1
- Horeb towards1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- preposition + proper noun (a name)13
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Npl · 13
- HNpl · 2
- HC/R/Npl · 1
- HNpl/Sd · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy9 of 17 · 53%
- Exodus3 of 17 · 18%
- 1 Kings2 of 17 · 12%
- 2 Chronicles1 of 17 · 6%
- Psalms1 of 17 · 6%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 3:1חֹרֵֽבָה׃chorevahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.here: Horeb towards
- Exodus 17:6בְּחֹרֵב֒bechorevpreposition + proper noun (a name)Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.here: at Horeb
- Exodus 33:6חוֹרֵֽב׃chorevproper noun (a name)So the Israelites stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.here: Horeb
Deuteronomy9 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:2מֵֽחֹרֵ֔בmechorevpreposition + proper noun (a name)It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.here: from Horeb
- Deuteronomy 1:6בְּחֹרֵ֣בbechorevpreposition + proper noun (a name)The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.here: at Horeb
- Deuteronomy 1:19מֵחֹרֵ֗בmechorevpreposition + proper noun (a name)And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,here: from Horeb
- Deuteronomy 4:10בְּחֹרֵב֒bechorevpreposition + proper noun (a name)The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”here: at Horeb
- Deuteronomy 4:15בְּחֹרֵ֖בbechorevpreposition + proper noun (a name)So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be carefulhere: at Horeb
- Deuteronomy 5:2בְּחֹרֵֽב׃bechorevpreposition + proper noun (a name)The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.here: at Horeb
- Deuteronomy 9:8וּבְחֹרֵ֥בuvechorevconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)At Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you.here: and at Horeb
- Deuteronomy 18:16בְּחֹרֵ֔בbechorevpreposition + proper noun (a name)This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”here: at Horeb
- Deuteronomy 29:1בְּחֹרֵֽב׃ פbechorevpreposition + proper noun (a name)These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.here: at Horeb
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 8:9בְּחֹרֵ֑בbechorevpreposition + proper noun (a name)There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.here: at Horeb
- 1 Kings 19:8חֹרֵֽב׃chorevproper noun (a name)So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.here: Horeb