Chârûwl — H2738

Definition

masculine noun

properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed

1. nettles, weeds, kind of weed (perhaps chickpea)

Usually translated as

nettle

Origin

or (shortened) chârul; apparently, a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly

Greek equivalents

• ágrios (G66)
• phrýganon (G5434)

Occurrences

Chârûwl occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Proverbs (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Job 30:7 — Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles (חָר֣וּל) they were gathered together.
• Proverbs 24:31 — And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles (חֲרֻלִּ֑ים) had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
• Zephaniah 2:9 — Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles (חָר֛וּל), and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.