Strong H27173 sensesחָרֵב

The 3 senses of Strong H2717

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2717 appears in 36 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. to destroyH2717Bbe waste18 verses · 7 books
2. to dryH2717Ato be dry, be dried up15 verses · 9 books
3. to slayחָרַבH2717Cto attack, smite down, slay, fight3 verses · 2 Kings, Jeremiah

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• waste14
• dry9
• be4
• desolate3
• dried2
• decayeth1
• destroy1
• destroyer1
• lay1
• maketh1
• slain1
• slay1

First verses

1. Genesis 8:13
   And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
2. Judges 16:7
   And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
3. Judges 16:8
   Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
4. Judges 16:24
   And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
5. 2 Kings 3:23
   And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
6. 2 Kings 19:17
   Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
7. 2 Kings 19:24
   I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
8. Job 14:11
   As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
9. Psalms 106:9
   He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10. Isaiah 19:5
    And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
11. Isaiah 19:6
    And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
12. Isaiah 34:10
    It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
13. Isaiah 37:18
    Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
14. Isaiah 37:25
    I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
15. Isaiah 42:15
    I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16. Isaiah 44:27
    That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
17. Isaiah 49:17
    Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
18. Isaiah 50:2
    Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
19. Isaiah 51:10
    Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
20. Isaiah 60:12
    For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.