Chârôwn — H2740

H2740 · Hebrew — חרון

Pronunciation: khaw-rone'

Other spellings: chârôn חָרֹן

Definition

masculine noun

a burning of anger

  1. anger, heat, burning (of anger)
    1. always used of God's anger

Usually translated as

fierce, fierceness, wrath, sore displeasure, fury, wrathful

Origin

or (shortened) chârôn; from H2734

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Chârôwn occurs 41 times in 40 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (4), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (1), Psalms (6), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (8), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (2), Hosea (1), Jonah (1), Nahum (1), Zephaniah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — C