Chôreb — H2721

H2721 · Hebrew — חרב

Pronunciation: kho'-reb

Definition

masculine noun

drought or desolation

  1. dryness, desolation, drought, heat
    1. dryness
    2. drought
    3. parching heat

Usually translated as

heat, drought, dry, waste, desolation, utterly

Origin

a collaterally form of H2719

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Chôreb occurs 16 times in 15 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Judges (3), Job (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (1), Zephaniah (1), Haggai (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C