# H2717 חָרַב

חָרַב (chârab), Strong’s H2717: 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……

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*chârab* — 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…

Occurs 42 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 8:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=13) — In the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth…
- [Judges 16:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=7) — Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as…
- [Judges 16:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=8) — Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with…
- [Judges 16:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=24) — When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of…
- [2 Kings 3:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/3?v=23) — They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the…
- [2 Kings 19:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/19?v=17) — Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
- [2 Kings 19:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/19?v=24) — I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt with the sole of my feet.”
- [Isaiah 19:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/19?v=5) — The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.
- [Isaiah 19:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/19?v=6) — The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
- [Isaiah 34:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/34?v=10) — It won’t be quenched night or day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No…