Chârats — H2782

Definition

verb

properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide

1. to cut, sharpen, decide, decree, determine, maim, move, be decisive, be mutilated
1. (Qal)
1. to cut, mutilate
2. to sharpen
3. to decide
2. (Niphal) to be decisive

Usually translated as

move, bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• katabaínō (G2597)
• syntémnō (G4932)

Occurrences

Chârats occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), Joshua (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), Job (1), Isaiah (3), Daniel (3)

• Exodus 11:7 — But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move (יֶֽחֱרַץ) his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
• Leviticus 22:22 — Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
• Joshua 10:21 — And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved (חָרַ֞ץ) his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
• 2 Samuel 5:24 — And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir (תֶּחֱרָ֑ץ) thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
• 1 Kings 20:40 — And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided (חָרָֽצְתָּ) it.
• Job 14:5 — Seeing his days are determined (חֲרוּצִ֨ים), the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
• Isaiah 10:22 — For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed (חָר֖וּץ) shall overflow with righteousness.
• Isaiah 10:23 — For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined (וְנֶחֱרָצָ֑ה), in the midst of all the land.
• Isaiah 28:22 — Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined (וְנֶחֱרָצָ֜ה) upon the whole earth.
• Daniel 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined (נֶחֱרֶ֖צֶת).
• Daniel 9:27 — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined (וְנֶ֣חֱרָצָ֔ה) shall be poured upon the desolate.
• Daniel 11:36 — And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined (נֶחֱרָצָ֖ה) shall be done.