חׇרְבָּה

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

feminine of H2721 (חֹרֶב);

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: chorbâh; Pronunciation: khor-baw'