Word Study · Strong's H2779 · Hebrew

חֹרֶף

choreph

kho'-ref

Strong's 1890 spelling: chôreph

“properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age

Rendered in the KJV as

cold, winter (-house), youth.

7
occurrencesin the Old Testament
7 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
7
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 7 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 7

הַחֹ֔רֶף1
הַחֹ֖רֶף1
וּבָחֹ֖רֶף1
וָחֹ֛רֶף1
וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף1
חָרְפִּ֑י1
מֵ֭חֹרֶף1

How it is rendered · 5

and winter2
the winter2
and in the winter1
from winter1
prime my1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 5

conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
preposition + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Ncmsa · 2
HTd/Ncmsa · 2
HC/Rd/Ncmsa · 1
HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
HR/Ncmsa · 1

All 7, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis1 of 7 · 14%
Job1 of 7 · 14%
Psalms1 of 7 · 14%
Proverbs1 of 7 · 14%
Jeremiah1 of 7 · 14%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 8:22וָחֹ֛רֶףvachorefconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAs long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”here: and winter

Job1 occurrence

Job 29:4חָרְפִּ֑יcharepinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularwhen I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,here: prime my

Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 74:17וָ֝חֹ֗רֶףvachorefconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularYou set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.here: and winter

Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 20:4מֵ֭חֹרֶףmechorefpreposition + noun · masculine singularThe slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.here: from winter

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 36:22הַחֹ֔רֶףhachorefthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSince it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.here: the winter

Amos1 occurrence

Amos 3:15הַחֹ֖רֶףhachorefthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularI will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.here: the winter

Zechariah1 occurrence

Zechariah 14:8וּבָחֹ֖רֶףuvachorefconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAnd on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.here: and in the winter

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