Strong H2717H2717Aחָרֵב
to dry
One of the 3 senses of Strong H2717
- Transliteration
- chârab chârêb
- Pronunciation
- {khaw-rab'} khaw-rabe'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
1) to be dry, be dried up
1a) (Qal) to be dried, be dried up
1b) (Pual) to be dried
1c) (Hiphil) to dry up
1d) (Hophal) to be dried up
1a) (Qal) to be dried, be dried up
1b) (Pual) to be dried
1c) (Hiphil) to dry up
1d) (Hophal) to be dried up
General definition
A primitive root; to parch (through {drought}) that {is} (by analogy) to {desolate} {destroy} kill : - {decay} (be) {desolate} destroy ({-er}) (be) dry ({up}) {slay} X {surely} ({lay} {lie} make) waste.
In the Bible
Strong H2717A appears in 15 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dry9
- be2
- dried2
- decayeth1
- maketh1
- waste1
First verses
- Genesis 8:13And 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.
- Judges 16:7And 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.
- Judges 16:8Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
- 2 Kings 19:24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
- Job 14:11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
- Psalms 106:9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
- Isaiah 19:5And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
- Isaiah 19:6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
- Isaiah 37:25I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
- Isaiah 44:27That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
- Isaiah 50:2Wherefore, 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.
- Isaiah 51:10Art 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?
- Jeremiah 51:36Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
- Hosea 13:15Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
- Nahum 1:4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.