H2720 - חָרֵב (chârêb)

H2720 חָרֵב (chârêb) khaw-rabe'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

parched or ruined

Derivation: from H2717 (חָרַב);

KJV Usage: desolate, dry, waste.

TWOT Reference: 731a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) waste, desolate, dry

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָרֵב chârêb BDB Definition: 1) waste, desolate, dry Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2717 Same Word by TWOT Number: 731a Total KJV Occurrences: 9

Bible Occurrences (10)

7:10

2:3 2:17

17:1

33:10 33:12

36:35 36:38

1:4 1:9

Leviticus 7:10

and every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally... to all the sons of Aaron.

Nehemiah 2:3

and replied to the king, May the king live forever...! Why should I not be sad... when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?

Nehemiah 2:17

Then I said to them, You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down.... Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.

Proverbs 17:1

Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

Jeremiah 33:10

This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland... without man [or] beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted — inhabited by neither man nor beast — there will be heard again

Jeremiah 33:12

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man... or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest [their] flocks.

Ezekiel 36:35

Then they will say, This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.

Ezekiel 36:38

Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices... at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.