Word Study · Strong's H2758 · Hebrew

חָרִישׁ

charish

khaw-reesh'

Strong's 1890 spelling: chârîysh

“ploughing or its season”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

ploughing or its season

Rendered in the KJV as

earing (time), ground.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

בֶּחָרִ֥ישׁ1
חָרִ֖ישׁ1
חֲרִישׁוֹ֙1

How it is rendered · 3

[will be] plowing1
at the plowing time1
plowing his1

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

How it parses · 3

noun · masculine singular1
noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmsa · 1
HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
HRd/Ncmsa · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis1 of 3 · 33%
Exodus1 of 3 · 33%
1 Samuel1 of 3 · 33%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 45:6חָרִ֖ישׁcharishnoun · masculine singularFor the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.here: [will be] plowing

Exodus1 occurrence

Exodus 34:21בֶּחָרִ֥ישׁbecharishpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSix days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.here: at the plowing time

1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 8:12חֲרִישׁוֹ֙charishonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots.here: plowing his

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