H2723 - חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh)

H2723 חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh) khor-baw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

desolation

Strong's Definition

properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation

Derivation: feminine of H2721 (חֹרֶב);

KJV Usage: decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).

TWOT Reference: 731d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2047 G2050

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָרְבָּה chorbâh BDB Definition: 1) a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2721 Same Word by TWOT Number: 731d Total KJV Occurrences: 43

Bible Occurrences (42)

26:31 26:33

9:9

3:14

9:6 102:6 109:10

5:17 44:26 48:21 49:19 51:3 52:9 58:12 61:4 64:11

7:34 22:5 25:9 25:11 25:18 27:17 44:2 44:6 44:22 49:13

5:14 13:4 25:13 26:20 29:9 29:10 33:24 33:27 35:4 36:4 36:10 36:33 38:8 38:12

9:2

1:4

Leviticus 26:31

I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

Leviticus 26:33

But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Ezra 9:9

Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.

Job 3:14

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

Isaiah 5:17

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

Isaiah 44:26

who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, She will be inhabited, and of the cities of Judah, They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,

Isaiah 48:21

They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

Isaiah 49:19

For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land... will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.