H8474 תַּחָרָה
tachârâh — to vie with a rival
KJV: close, contend.
Derived from חָרָה chârâh (to glow or grow warm)
Occurs 2 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חָרָה vb. burn, be kindled, of anger
- Qal
- 1 of man
- 2 of God
- Niph. be angry with
- Hiph. burned with zeal (?) in repairing; and kindled his anger against me
- Hithp. heat oneself in vexation.—The foll. forms are somewhat dub.: how canst thou hotly contend (in a race) with the horses?; because thou strivest eagerly (to excel) in cedar
Where it occurs
- Jeremiah 12:5 — “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? Though in a land of…
- Jeremiah 22:15 — “Should you reign because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and…