Strong H27932 sensesחֹ֫רֶשׁ

The 2 senses of Strong H2793

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2793 appears in 7 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. HoreshH2793GA wilderness area where David hid from Saul4 verses · 1 Samuel
2. woodH2793Hwood, wooded height, forest, wooded area.3 verses · 2 Chronicles, Isaiah, Ezekiel

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• wood4
• bough1
• forest1
• shroud1

First verses

1. 1 Samuel 23:15
   And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
2. 1 Samuel 23:16
   And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
3. 1 Samuel 23:18
   And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
4. 1 Samuel 23:19
   Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
5. 2 Chronicles 27:4
   Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
6. Isaiah 17:9
   In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
7. Ezekiel 31:3
   Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.