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

  1. Isaiah 61:4
    And 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.
  2. Jeremiah 49:13
    For 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.
  3. Ezekiel 29:10
    Behold, 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.
  4. Zephaniah 2:14
    And 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.
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