Usually translated as
be wroth, be angry, hot, be displeased, be incensed, burn, earnestly, fret self, grieve, be, kindle, very
Occurrences
Chârâh occurs 91 times in 88 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (11), Exodus (6), Numbers (11), Deuteronomy (5), Joshua (2), Judges (7), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Samuel (8), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (4), Job (5), Psalms (6), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (3), Hosea (1), Jonah (3), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 4:5 — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth (וַיִּ֤חַר), and his countenance fell.
- Genesis 4:6 — And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth (חָ֣רָה)? and why is thy countenance fallen?
- Genesis 18:30 — And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry (יִ֤חַר), and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
- Genesis 18:32 — And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry (יִ֤חַר), and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
- Genesis 30:2 — And Jacob’s anger was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
- Genesis 31:35 — And she said to her father, Let it not displease (יִ֙חַר֙) my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
- Genesis 31:36 — And Jacob was wroth (וַיִּ֥חַר), and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
- Genesis 34:7 — And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth (וַיִּ֥חַר), because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
- Genesis 39:19 — And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled (וַיִּ֖חַר).
- Genesis 44:18 — Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn (יִ֥חַר) against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
- Genesis 45:5 — Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry (יִ֙חַר֙) with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
- Exodus 4:14 — And the anger of the LORD was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
- Exodus 22:24 — And my wrath shall wax hot (וְחָרָ֣ה), and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
- Exodus 32:10 — Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot (וְיִֽחַר) against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
- Exodus 32:11 — And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot (יֶחֱרֶ֤ה) against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
- Exodus 32:19 — And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot (וַיִּֽחַר), and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
- Exodus 32:22 — And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot (יִ֥חַר): thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
- Numbers 11:1 — And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled (וַיִּ֣חַר); and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
- Numbers 11:10 — Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) greatly; Moses also was displeased.
- Numbers 11:33 — And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled (חָרָ֣ה) against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
- Numbers 12:9 — And the anger of the LORD was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) against them; and he departed.
- Numbers 16:15 — And Moses was very wroth (וַיִּ֤חַר), and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
- Numbers 22:22 — And God’s anger was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
- Numbers 22:27 — And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר), and he smote the ass with a staff.
- Numbers 24:10 — And Balak’s anger was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
- Numbers 25:3 — And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) against Israel.
- Numbers 32:10 — And the LORD’s anger was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) the same time, and he sware, saying,
- Numbers 32:13 — And the LORD’s anger was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
- Deuteronomy 6:15 — (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled (יֶ֠חֱרֶה) against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 7:4 — For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled (וְחָרָ֤ה) against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
- Deuteronomy 11:17 — And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled (וְחָרָ֨ה) against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
- Deuteronomy 29:27 — And the anger of the LORD was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
- Deuteronomy 31:17 — Then my anger shall be kindled (וְחָרָ֣ה) against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
- Joshua 7:1 — But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) against the children of Israel.
- Joshua 23:16 — When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled (וְחָרָ֤ה) against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
- Judges 2:14 — And the anger of the LORD was hot (וַיִּֽחַר) against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
- Judges 2:20 — And the anger of the LORD was hot (וַיִּֽחַר) against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
- Judges 3:8 — Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot (וַיִּֽחַר) against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
- Judges 6:39 — And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot (יִ֤חַר) against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
- Judges 9:30 — And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled (וַיִּ֖חַר).
- Judges 10:7 — And the anger of the LORD was hot (וַיִּֽחַר) against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
- Judges 14:19 — And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled (וַיִּ֣חַר), and he went up to his father’s house.
- 1 Samuel 11:6 — And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled (וַיִּ֥חַר) greatly.
- 1 Samuel 15:11 — It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved (וַיִּ֙חַר֙) Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
- 1 Samuel 17:28 — And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
- 1 Samuel 18:8 — And Saul was very wroth (וַיִּ֨חַר), and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
- 1 Samuel 20:7 — If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth (יֶֽחֱרֶה֙), then be sure that evil is determined by him.
- 1 Samuel 20:7 — If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth (חָרֹ֤ה), then be sure that evil is determined by him.
- 1 Samuel 20:30 — Then Saul’s anger was kindled (וַיִּֽחַר) against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
- 2 Samuel 3:8 — Then was Abner very wroth (וַיִּחַר֩) for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?