הֶרֶגhereg
slaughter (Isaiah 30:25; Proverbs 24:11; Ezekiel 26:15; Isaiah 27:7; Esther 9:5)
Pronunciation: heh'-reg · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2027
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Esther 9:5 So the Jews went ahead on the appointed day and struck down their enemies with the sword. They killed and annihilated their enemies and did as they pleased with those who hated them.
- Proverbs 24:11 Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die; save them as they stagger to their death.
- Isaiah 27:7 Has the Lord struck Israel as he struck her enemies? Has he punished her as he punished them?
- Isaiah 30:25 In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered and the towers fall, there will be streams of water flowing down every mountain and hill.
- Ezekiel 26:15 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: The whole coastline will tremble at the sound of your fall, as the screams of the wounded echo in the continuing slaughter.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).