King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2793
Transliteration: choresh
Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-resh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: wood, wooded height
Meaning: Horesh -- a forest
Word Summary
choresh: wood, wooded height
Original Word: חרֶשׁTransliteration: choresh
Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-resh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: wood, wooded height
Meaning: Horesh -- a forest
Strong's Concordance
bough, forest, shroud, wood From charash; a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric) -- bough, forest, shroud, wood.
see HEBREW charash
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2793. choresh
חֹ֫רֶשׁ noun masculineEzekiel 31:3 wood, wooded height (Assyrian —uršu, wooded height COTGloss LyonSargontexte, Gloss (see also DlPr 180 Checritical note on Isaiah 17:9); Late Hebrew חוֺרֶשׁ wood, forest; Aramaic חוּרְשָׁא id.) — absolute ׳ח 17:9; Ezekiel 31:3 (but on both see below); חֹ֫רְשָׁה 1 Samuel 23:16 (see Dr); בַּחֹ֫רְשָׁה 23:15, 18, 19; plural חֳרָשִׁים2 Chronicles 27:4; — wooded height 1 Samuel 23:15 ("" בָּהָר 23:14), 23:16; 23:18, so הַחֲכִילָה בְּגִבְעַת בַּח ׳בַּמְּצָדוֺת 23:19; ׳וּבֶח וּמִגְדָּלִים בִּירָנִיּוֺת בנה2 Chronicles 27:4 and on the wooded heights he built fortresses and towers ("" יְהוּדָה בְּהַר); וְהָאָמִיר הַחֹרֶשׁ עֲזוּבַת Isaiah 17:9 the forsaken places of the wooded heights and summits Ges Ew De Di RV; but read probably ׳ע והאמרי החוי forsaken places of the Hivites and the Amorites, so ᵐ5 Lag Che Or Brd Du; מֵצַל ׳ח Ezekiel 31:3 shade-giving wood or thicket, of close branches of cedar (but sense hardly legitimate; strike out ᵐ5 Co).
IV. חרשׁ (√ of following; meaning unknown; suggestions on etymology see below)