הֲרֵגָהhărêgâh
slaughter, only absolute in following combinations (Jeremiah 7:32; Jeremiah 19:6; Jeremiah 12:3; Zechariah 11:4; Zechariah 11:7)
Pronunciation: har-ay-gaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2028
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Jeremiah 7:32 So beware, for the time is coming,” says the Lord, “when that garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They will bury the bodies in Topheth until there is no more room for them.
- Jeremiah 12:3 But as for me, Lord, you know my heart. You see me and test my thoughts. Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered! Set them aside to be slaughtered!
- Jeremiah 19:6 So beware, for the time is coming, says the Lord, when this garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
- Zechariah 11:4 This is what the Lord my God says: “Go and care for the flock that is intended for slaughter.
- Zechariah 11:7 So I cared for the flock intended for slaughter—the flock that was oppressed. Then I took two shepherd’s staffs and named one Favor and the other Union.
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).