חָרַב

Strong’s Definition

to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill

Etymology & Derivation

or חֲרֵב; a primitive root;

KJV Usage

decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to be waste, lay waste, make desolate, be desolate, be in ruins
• 2.(qal) to be waste, be desolate
• 3.(qal) to be dried, be dried up
• 4.(pual) to be dried
• 5.(niphal)
• 6.(hiphil) to dry up
• 7.to be dry, be dried up
• 8.(hophal) to be dried up
• 9.(hiphil) to lay waste, make desolate
• 10.(hophal) to be laid waste
• 11.to attack, smite down, slay, fight

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: chârab; Pronunciation: khaw-rab'