Strong H8474תַּחָרָה
to contend
- Transliteration
- tachârâh
- Pronunciation
- takh-aw-raw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A factitious root from H2734 through the idea of the heat of jealousy; to vie with a rival: - {close} contend.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: to contend
Exact lexical definition: burn
Part of speech: verb
BDB context: חָרָה vb . burn , be kindled , of anger Qal of man of God Niph . be angry with Hiph . burned with zeal (?) in repairing ; and kindled his anger against me Hithp . heat oneself in vexation .—The foll. forms are somewhat dub.: how canst thou hotly contend (in a race) with the horses ?; because thou strivest eagerly (to excel) in cedar
In the Bible
Strong H8474 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- contend1
- thou1
First verses
- Jeremiah 12:5If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
- Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?