Strong H2717H2717Cחָרַב
to slay
One of the 3 senses of Strong H2717
- Transliteration
- chârab chârêb
- Pronunciation
- {khaw-rab'} khaw-rabe'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
to attack, smite down, slay, fight
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 H2717C appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be1
- slain1
- slay1
- waste1
First verses
- 2 Kings 3:23And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
- Jeremiah 50:21Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
- Jeremiah 50:27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.