Word Study · Strong's H2742 · Hebrew
חֲרוּץ
charuts
khaw-roots'
Strong's 1890 spelling: chărûwts
“properly, incised or (active) incisive”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
Rendered in the KJV as
decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
- 19occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 19 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- חָר֣וּץ3
- חָרֽוּץ׃2
- בֶֽחָרוּץ֙1
- בַּחֲרֻצ֥וֹת1
- הֶֽחָר֑וּץ1
- הֶחָרֽוּץ׃1
- וְחָר֔וּץ1
- וְחָר֖וּץ1
- וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץ1
- חָ֭רוּץ1
- חָרוּצִ֣ים1
- חָרוּצִ֥ים1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- diligent [people]3
- more than gold3
- the decision2
- a diligent [person]1
- a mutilation1
- a threshing sledge1
- and a moat1
- and gold1
- and more than gold1
- diligent1
- gold1
- sharp1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 9
- adjective · masculine plural3
- adjective · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular3
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAampa · 3
- HAamsa · 3
- HNcmsa · 3
- HR/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/Ncmsa · 2
- HTd/Vqsmsa · 2
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
- HR/Ncfpc · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 19, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Proverbs carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Proverbs9 occurrences
- Proverbs 3:14וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץumecharutzconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singularfor she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.here: and more than gold
- Proverbs 8:10מֵחָר֥וּץmecharutzpreposition + noun · masculine singularReceive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.here: more than gold
- Proverbs 8:19מֵחָר֣וּץmecharutzpreposition + noun · masculine singularMy fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.here: more than gold
- Proverbs 10:4חָרוּצִ֣יםcharutzimadjective · masculine pluralIdle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.here: diligent [people]
- Proverbs 12:24חָרוּצִ֥יםcharutzimadjective · masculine pluralThe hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.here: diligent [people]
- Proverbs 12:27חָרֽוּץ׃charutzadjective · masculine singularA lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.here: diligent
- Proverbs 13:4חָרֻצִ֣יםcharutzimadjective · masculine pluralThe slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.here: diligent [people]
- Proverbs 16:16מֵחָר֑וּץmecharutzpreposition + noun · masculine singularHow much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.here: more than gold
- Proverbs 21:5חָ֭רוּץcharutzadjective · masculine singularThe plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.here: a diligent [person]
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 28:27בֶֽחָרוּץ֙vecharutzpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSurely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.here: with the threshing sledge
- Isaiah 41:15חָר֣וּץcharutznoun · masculine singularBehold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.here: sharp
Joel2 occurrences
- Joel 3:14הֶֽחָר֑וּץhecharutzthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singularMultitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.here: the decision
- Joel 3:14הֶחָרֽוּץ׃hecharutzthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singularMultitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.here: the decision