{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2717",
  "lemma": "חָרַב",
  "transliteration": "chârab",
  "definition": "to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill",
  "kjv": "decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie…",
  "occurrences": 42,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[חָרֵב] be waste, desolate",
    "Qal be waste, desolate",
    "Niph. as adj., desolate city",
    "Hiph. lay waste, make desolate",
    "Hoph. she is laid waste",
    "חָרֵב vb",
    "[חָרֵב] vb. be dry, dried up",
    "Qal be dry, dried up",
    "Pu. of fresh bow-strings",
    "Hiph. of י׳ drying up rivers",
    "חָרַב vb",
    "[חָרַב] vb. (Aram. and rare) attack, smite down",
    "Qal attack",
    "Niph. the kings have attacked one another, fought together",
    "Hoph. 2 K 3:23"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 8:13",
      "text": "In the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 16:7",
      "text": "Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 16:8",
      "text": "Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 16:24",
      "text": "When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 3:23",
      "text": "They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/3?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 19:17",
      "text": "Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/19?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 19:24",
      "text": "I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt with the sole of my feet.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/19?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 19:5",
      "text": "The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/19?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 19:6",
      "text": "The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/19?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 34:10",
      "text": "It won’t be quenched night or day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/34?v=10"
    }
  ],
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