Strong's Definition
or chareb {khaw-rabe'}; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
KJV Usage: decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, X surely, (lay, lie, make) waste
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָרֵב (cha.rev) — to dry. 1) to be dry, be dried up 1a) (Qal) to be dried, be dried up 1b) (Pual) to be dried 1c) (Hiphil) to dry up 1d) (Hophal) to be dried up
חָרֵב (cha.rev) — to destroy. 1) to be waste, lay waste, make desolate, be desolate, be in ruins 1a) (Qal) to be waste, be desolate 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made desolate 1b2) desolate (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to lay waste, make desolate 1d) (Hophal) to be laid waste Aramaic equivalent: cha.rav (חֲרַב "be wasted" H2718)
חָרַב (cha.rav) — to slay. to attack, smite down, slay, fight
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חָרֵב · חֹרֶב · חָרָבָה · חָרְבָּה · חֲרָבֹון · חֹרֵב
Dry | verb qal | ≈ יבשׁ · נשׁת
to become dry, to dry up = process by which a body of water or place that was formerly covered with moisture dries up, ◄ as a result of evaporation or draining; ► in the case of land, if this condition persists, sedentary life will become impossible
GEN 8:13 · GEN 8:13 · JOB 14:11 · PSA 106:9 · ISA 19:5 · ISA 19:6 · ISA 44:27 · HOS 13:15
Dry | verb hif, verb hof
to dry, to make dry, to cause to dry up = causative action by which humans or deities cause a state of dryness; ► in the case of land, if this condition persists, sedentary life will become impossible
JDG 16:7 · JDG 16:8 · 2KI 19:24 · ISA 37:25 · ISA 42:15 · ISA 50:2 · ISA 51:10 · JER 51:36 · NAM 1:4
Impact | verb qal, verb nif, verb hof
to be destroyed, to lie in ruins = state in which land, constructions, or towns have been totally of destroyed, including the people living there, to the extent that sedentary life is no more possible there
EZR 4:15 · ISA 34:10 · ISA 60:12 · ISA 60:12 · JER 2:12 · JER 26:9 · EZK 6:6 · EZK 6:6 · EZK 12:20 · EZK 26:19 · EZK 30:7 · AMO 7:9
Impact | verb hif, verb hof
to destroy, to lay waste, to cause destruction = causative action by which humans and deities cause total destruction to lands, constructions, or towns, including the people living there, either directly or through the hands of others, to the extent that sedentary life is no more possible there
JDG 16:24 · 2KI 19:17 · ISA 37:18 · ISA 49:17 · EZK 19:7 · EZK 26:2 · EZK 29:12 · ZEP 3:6
verb · חֶרֶב
1 2KI 3:23 This is a combination of a hoph. infinitive with a niph. perfect | BDB KB mention the possibility of revocalizing הָחֳרֵב as הֵחָרֵב so that both forms will be in the niph.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָרֵב] vb. be dry, dried up Qal be dry, dried up
Pu. of fresh bow-strings
Hiph. of י׳ drying up rivers
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[חָרֵב] be waste, desolate Qal be waste, desolate
Niph. as adj., desolate city
Hiph. lay waste, make desolate
Hoph. she is laid waste
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[חָרַב] vb. (Aram. and rare) attack, smite down Qal attack
Niph. the kings have attacked one another, fought together
Hoph. 2 K 3:23
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