חָרָבָהchârâbâh
dry ground (Genesis 7:22; Exodus 14:21; Haggai 2:6; Joshua 3:17; Joshua 4:18)
Pronunciation: khaw-raw-baw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2724
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 7:22 Everything that breathed and lived on dry land died.
- Exodus 14:21 Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land.
- Joshua 3:17 Meanwhile, the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant stood on dry ground in the middle of the riverbed as the people passed by. They waited there until the whole nation of Israel had crossed the Jordan on dry ground.
- Joshua 4:18 As soon as the priests carrying the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant came up out of the riverbed and their feet were on high ground, the water of the Jordan returned and overflowed its banks as before.
- 2 Kings 2:8 Then Elijah folded his cloak together and struck the water with it. The river divided, and the two of them went across on dry ground!
- Ezekiel 30:12 I will dry up the Nile River and sell the land to wicked men. I will destroy the land of Egypt and everything in it by the hands of foreigners. I, the Lord, have spoken!
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).