H2027 הֶרֶג (hereg) heh'-reg

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

slaughter

Strong's Definition

slaughter

Derivation: from H2026 (הָרַג);

KJV Usage: be slain, slaughter.

TWOT Reference: 514a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) a killing, slaughter

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

הֶ֫רֶג (he.reg) — slaughter. a killing, slaughter

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

הֶרֶג (H2027)

noun m · הרג

Dead

slaughter = the killing of people in a cruel and violent way

EST 9:5 · PRO 24:11 · ISA 27:7 · ISA 30:25 · EZK 26:15

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

הֶ֫רֶג n.m. slaughter base

Bible Occurrences (5)

9:5

24:11

27:7 30:25

26:15

Esther 9:5

The Jews put... all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

Proverbs 24:11

Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter....

Isaiah 27:7

Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors...? Was she killed like those who slayed her...?

Isaiah 30:25

And from every high... mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.

Ezekiel 26:15

This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded... groan at the slaughter in your midst?