חָרַרchârar
be hot, scorched, burn poet
Pronunciation: khaw-rar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2787
Meanings
Qal
1. be hot, scorched (Ezekiel 24:11)
2. = be burned, figurative (Isaiah 24:6)
3. burn, of bones of sick men in fever (Job 30:30)
Niph`al: snort, puff, scorched, charred (Jeremiah 6:29; Ezekiel 15:4; Psalms 69:4)
1. be scorched (Jeremiah 6:29)
2. burn (Psalms 102:4; Job 30:30; Job 69:4)
Same root
- חֹרchôr · H2715properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire; hence (figuratively) noble (in rank)
- חָרָהchârâh · H2734to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
- חַרְחֻרcharchur · H2746fever (as hot)
- חֲרַךְchărak · H2761to scorch
- חָרָןChârân · H2771Charan, the name of a man and also of a place
- חָרֵרchârêr · H2788arid
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Job 30:30 My skin has turned dark, and my bones burn with fever.
- Psalms 69:3 I am exhausted from crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen with weeping, waiting for my God to help me.
- Psalms 102:3 For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
- Proverbs 26:21 A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.
- Isaiah 24:6 Therefore, a curse consumes the earth. Its people must pay the price for their sin. They are destroyed by fire, and only a few are left alive.
- Jeremiah 6:29 The bellows fiercely fan the flames to burn out the corruption. But it does not purify them, for the wickedness remains.
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).