King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2740
Transliteration: charon
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-rone')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: (burning of) anger
Meaning: a burning of anger
Word Summary
charon: (burning of) anger
Original Word: חָרוֹןTransliteration: charon
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-rone')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: (burning of) anger
Meaning: a burning of anger
Strong's Concordance
sore displeasure, fierceness, fury, fierce wrathful Or (shortened) charon {khaw-rone'}; from charah; a burning of anger -- sore displeasure, fierce(-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath(-ful).
see HEBREW charah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2740. charon
חָרוֺן noun masculine (burning of) anger (compare LagBN 204 Anm. * *) — ׳ח Ezekiel 7:12 2t.; construct חֲרוֺן Numbers 25:4 33t.; suffix חֲרוֺנִי Ezekiel 7:14 (Co חרון), חֲרוֺגוֺ Psalm 2:5; חֲרֹנְךָ Exodus 15:7; plural suffix חֲרוֺנֶי֑ךָ Psalm 88:17; — always of God's anger (see note, below), אף חֲרוֺן Exodus 32:12; Numbers 25:4; 32:14; Joshua 7:26 (J), Deuteronomy 13:18; 1 Samuel 28:18; 2 Kings 23:26; 2 Chronicles 28:11, 13; 29:10; 30:8; Ezra 10:14; Hosea 11:9; Nahum 1:6; Zephaniah 2:2; 3:8; Isaiah 13:9, 13; Jeremiah 4:8, 26; 12:13; 25:37-38, 30:24; 49:37; 51:45; Jonah 3:9; Psalm 69:25; 78:49; 85:4; Job 20:23; Lamentations 1:12; 4:11; אף omitted, Exodus 15:7 (song), Nehemiah 13:18; Psalm 2:5; Ezekiel 7:12 (strike out Co), 7:14; plural bursts of burning anger Psalm 88:17. —
Note: כְּמוֺחָֿרוֺן Psalm 58:10 burning anger ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Jerome AV Bae Che; but Thes MV SS DeW Ew Ol Pe, something burning, e.g. thorns, antith. green thorns; Hengst De cooked flesh, antith. raw; Jeremiah 25:38 ח ׳מפני הַיּוֺנָה because of the fierceness of the oppressor (? AV) would then be the only use of the word of other than God's anger; here ᵑ7 ᵐ5 Ew Hi Gf Ke Che Gie RV rightly read חרב oppressing sword (as 46:16; 50:16). חרון is not used in H P D2 or E (except song, Exodus 15:7) of the Hexateuch; nor in Ezekiel except Ezekiel 7:12 (strike out Co), 7:14.