חֲרוּץchărûwts
חָרוּץ: sharp, diligent
Pronunciation: khaw-roots' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2742
Meanings
1. sharp (Isaiah 41:15; Isaiah 28:27; Amos 1:3)
2. diligent (Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 12:24)
חָרוּץ: strict decision (Daniel 4:14)
חָרוּץ: gold, in poetry (Proverbs 8:10; Psalms 68:14; Zechariah 9:3; Proverbs 3:14; Proverbs 8:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 22:22 You must not offer an animal that is blind, crippled, or injured, or that has a wart, a skin sore, or scabs. Such animals must never be offered on the altar as special gifts to the Lord.
- Job 41:30 Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass. It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.
- Psalms 68:13 Even those who lived among the sheepfolds found treasures— doves with wings of silver and feathers of gold.
- Proverbs 3:14 For wisdom is more profitable than silver, and her wages are better than gold.
- Proverbs 8:10 Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
- Proverbs 8:19 My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold, my wages better than sterling silver!
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).