King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2720
Transliteration: chareb
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-rabe')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: dry
Meaning: parched, ruined
Word Summary
chareb: dry
Original Word: חָרֵבTransliteration: chareb
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-rabe')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: dry
Meaning: parched, ruined
Strong's Concordance
desolate, dry, waste From charab; parched or ruined -- desolate, dry, waste.
see HEBREW charab
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2720. chareb
I. [חָרֵב] adjective dry, only feminine singular חֲרֵבָה Leviticus 7:10 of meal-offering not moistened (with oil; P); חֲרֵבָה מַּתֿ Proverbs 17:1 a dry morsel.
II. חָרֵב adjective waste, desolate; — masculine singular absolute ׳ח Jeremiah 33:10 3t.; feminine singular חֲרֵבָה Nehemiah 2:3 2t.; feminine plural הֶחֳרֵבוֺת Ezekiel 36:35, 38 (see Köi. 241); — of a city, defined בְּהֵמָה וּמֵאֵין אָדָם מֵאֵין Jeremiah 33:10, compare 33:12; also Nehemiah 2:3, 17; הֶחֳרֵבוֺת הֶעָרִים Ezekiel 36:35 (+ הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת הַנְשַׁמּוֺת,; opposed to יָשָׁב֑וּ בְּצוּרוֺת).