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חָרֵב

cha.rev

to dry

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Strong’s H2717aVerb16 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

they were dried up2

i may dry up2

they have been dried1

they had been dried1

it dries up1

it dried up1

it will become dry1

they will become dry1

In the text

Genesis 8:13חָרְבוּ
In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
Judges 16:7חֹרָבוּ
Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
2 Kings 19:24וְאַחְרִב
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
Job 14:11יֶחֱרַב
As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
Psalm 106:9וַיֶּחֱרָב
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
Isaiah 37:25וְאַחְרִב
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[חָרֵב] vb. be dry, dried up

Qal be dry, dried up

Pu. of fresh bow-strings

Hiph. of י׳ drying up rivers

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.