King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2776
Transliteration: Cheres
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-res)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a mountain East of the Jordan, also dwelling place of the Amorites
Meaning: Heres -- a mountain East of the Jordan, also dwelling place of the Amorites
Word Summary
Cheres: a mountain East of the Jordan, also dwelling place of the Amorites
Original Word: חֶרֶסTransliteration: Cheres
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-res)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a mountain East of the Jordan, also dwelling place of the Amorites
Meaning: Heres -- a mountain East of the Jordan, also dwelling place of the Amorites
Strong's Concordance
Heres The same as cherec; shining; Cheres, a mountain in Palestine -- Heres.
see HEBREW cherec
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2776. Cheres
II. [חֶ֫רֶס] proper name, of a location 1. abode of Amorites, וּבְשַׁעַלְבִֿים בְּאַיָּלוֺן בְּהַרחֶֿרֶס Judges 1:35, since חֶרֶס sun = שֶׁמֶשׁ, perhaps = שֶׁמֶשׁ בֵּית
1 (q. v.), so Stu (who proposes חֶרֶס עִיר = עָר), Ke Be BuRS 17 Öttli Bla; ᵐ5 ἐν τῷ [ὄρει τοῦ] Μυρσινῶνι (-ος) = הֲדַס הַר.
2 place east of Jordan הֶחָ֑רֶס מִלְמַעֲלֵה Judges 8:13 from the ascent of Heres, ᵐ5 Αρες; the point whence Gideon turned back from pursuing Midian; Aq Symm read הֶהָרִים (see LagOnom. 96, 2nd ed. 131) so SS. — תִּמְנַתחֶֿרֶס 2:9 see below תִּמְנַת, √ מנה.
III. חרסות חַרְסִית, חֶרֶס, see below חרשׂ.
חרע (√ of following; perhaps compare Aramaic Ethpa`al be clever, shrewd, especially in bad sense; Arabic split, VIII. originate, invent).