Strong H2721H2721Bחֹ֫רֶב
desolation
One of the 2 senses of Strong H2721
- Transliteration
- chôreb
- Pronunciation
- kho'-reb
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
A collateral form of H2719; drought or desolation: - {desolation} {drought} {dry} {heat} X {utterly} waste.
Detailed definition
desolation
In the Bible
Strong H2721B appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- waste2
- desolation1
- utterly1
First verses
- Isaiah 61:4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
- Jeremiah 49:13For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
- Ezekiel 29:10Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
- Zephaniah 2:14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.