חֹרֶבchôreb

Meanings

Same root

• חֶרֶבchereb · H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
• חׇרְבָּהchorbâh · H2723properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation

Where it appears

Appears 16 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 31:40 “I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.
• Judges 6:37 prove it to me in this way. I will put a wool fleece on the threshing floor tonight. If the fleece is wet with dew in the morning but the ground is dry, then I will know that you are going to help me rescue Israel as you promised.”
• Judges 6:39 Then Gideon said to God, “Please don’t be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Let me use the fleece for one more test. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet with dew.”
• Judges 6:40 So that night God did as Gideon asked. The fleece was dry in the morning, but the ground was covered with dew.
• Job 30:30 My skin has turned dark, and my bones burn with fever.
• Isaiah 4:6 It will be a shelter from daytime heat and a hiding place from storms and rain.