# H2793 חֹרֶשׁ

חֹרֶשׁ (chôresh), Strong’s H2793: a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric) KJV: bough, forest, shroud, wood.. Occurs 7 times.

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*chôresh* — a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)

KJV: bough, forest, shroud, wood.

Derived from [חָרַשׁ chârash](https://besorah.bible/word/H2790) (to scratch)

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חֹ֫רֶשׁ n.m. wood, wooded height

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 23:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=15) — David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the woods.
- [1 Samuel 23:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=16) — Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
- [1 Samuel 23:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=18) — They both made a covenant before the LORD. Then David stayed in the woods and Jonathan went to his house.
- [1 Samuel 23:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=19) — Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the…
- [Isaiah 17:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/17?v=9) — In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the woods and on the mountain top, which were…
- [Ezekiel 31:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/31?v=3) — Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, of high stature; and…
- [2 Chronicles 27:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/27?v=4) — Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.