חָרַבchârab

Meanings

Same root

• חֲרַבchărab · H2718to demolish
• חֶרֶבchereb · H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
• חָרֵבchârêb · H2720parched or ruined
• חֹרֵבChôrêb · H2722Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains
• חֲרָבוֹןchărâbôwn · H2725parching heat

Where it appears

Appears 40 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 8:13 Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began, the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.
• Judges 16:7 Samson replied, “If I were tied up with seven new bowstrings that have not yet been dried, I would become as weak as anyone else.”
• Judges 16:8 So the Philistine rulers brought Delilah seven new bowstrings, and she tied Samson up with them.
• Judges 16:24 When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy to us! The one who killed so many of us is now in our power!”
• 2 Kings 3:23 “It’s blood!” the Moabites exclaimed. “The three armies must have attacked and killed each other! Let’s go, men of Moab, and collect the plunder!”
• 2 Kings 19:17 “It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these nations.