H2800 חֲרֹשֶׁת (Chărôsheth) khar-o'-sheth

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Harosheth

Biblical Persons & Places

Harosheth-hagoyim Harosheth-hagoyim

A location first mentioned at Jdg.4.2; only referred to as Harosheth-hagoyim (חֲרֹ֫שֶׁת גּוֹי).

Strong's Definition

Charosheth, a place in Palestine

Derivation: the same as H2799 (חֲרֹשֶׁת);

KJV Usage: Harosheth.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Harosheth = "woodland"

1) a city in the north of the land of Canaan on the west coast of the lake Merom

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֲרֹ֫שֶׁת (cha.ro.shet) — Harosheth.

§ Harosheth = "woodland" a city in the north of the land of Canaan on the west coast of the lake Merom

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חֲרֹשֶׁת הַגֹּויִם (H2800)

name · חֹרֶשׁ · חֹרְשָׁה

Names of Locations

Harosheth-Haggoyim = location ◄ in north of Israel; ► residence of Sisera, army commander of Jabin king of Hazor

JDG 4:2 · JDG 4:13 · JDG 4:16

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֲרֹ֫שֶׁת n.pr.loc. only in combin. Ḥarosheth of the nations base

Bible Occurrences (3)

4:2 4:13 4:16

Judges 4:2

So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim....

Judges 4:13

[he] summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim... to the River Kishon.

Judges 4:16

Then Barak pursued... the chariots... and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim..., and the whole army of Sisera... fell by the sword; not a single man was left....