Hebrew adjective · H2720
חָרֵב
charebkhaw-rabe'
dry; desolate
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chârêb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2720is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2720
parched or ruined
The King James renders it: desolate, dry, waste.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chareb is rendered "dry; desolate". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Nehemiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "dry".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 7:10and every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
and every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.
Leviticus 7:10וַחֲרֵבָ֑ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: dry, and desolate.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| dryStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLeviticus 7:10and every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil… |
| desolateStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- desolate5
- the wasted2
- and dry1
- dry1
- the desolate1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חָרֵד | chared | trembling | Uses6 |
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חֲרֵבָ֔ה2
- הֶחָרֵ֛ב1
- הֶחֳרֵב֛וֹת1
- הֶחֳרֵב֔וֹת1
- וַחֲרֵבָ֑ה1
- חָרֵ֣ב1
- חָרֵ֔ב1
- חָרֵֽב׃1
- חֲ֭רֵבָה1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · feminine singular3HAafsa
- adjective · masculine singular3HAamsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine plural2HTd/Aafpa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singular1HC/Aafsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular1HTd/Aamsa
Leviticus
one use
and every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.
- וַחֲרֵבָ֑הvacharevahconjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: and dry
Nehemiah
two uses
and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
- חֲרֵבָ֔הcharevahadjective · feminine singulartagged: desolate
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
- חֲרֵבָ֔הcharevahadjective · feminine singulartagged: desolate
Proverbs
one use
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
- חֲ֭רֵבָהcharevahadjective · feminine singulartagged: dry
Jeremiah
two uses
This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
- חָרֵ֣בcharevadjective · masculine singulartagged: desolate
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
- הֶחָרֵ֛בhecharevthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the desolate
Ezekiel
two uses
Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’
- הֶחֳרֵב֛וֹתhechorevotthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine pluraltagged: the wasted
Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
- הֶחֳרֵב֔וֹתhechorevotthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine pluraltagged: the wasted
Haggai
two uses
“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
- חָרֵֽב׃charevadjective · masculine singulartagged: desolate
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
- חָרֵ֔בcharevadjective · masculine singulartagged: desolate
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.