Strong's Lexicon

H2028

H2028 — הֲרֵגָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewharegahnoun femOccurrences: 5TWOT: 514b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2028
Word:	הֲרֵגָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H2027
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	haregah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	har-ay-gaw'
Meaning:	1. slaughter
KJV Renderings:	slaughter.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2225

הֲרֵגָה noun feminine slaughter; only absolute in following combinations, ׳ גֵּיא ה Jer 7:32; Jer 19:6 new name for גֵּיא בֶןהִֿנֹּם; ׳ יוֺם ה Jer 12:3 of the wicked, i.e. day of judgment; ׳ צאֹן ה Zech 11:4; Zech 11:7 i.e. Judah and Israel, slaughtered by their shepherds.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הרגה (reh-g)

Jeremiah 7:32

KJV: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.

EHCC: but the valley of slaughter :

Jeremiah 12:3

KJV: But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.toward…: Heb. with thee

EHCC: prepare them for the day of slaughter.

Jeremiah 19:6

KJV: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.

EHCC: The valley of sluughter.

Zechariah 11:4

KJV: Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

EHCC: Feed the flock of the slaughter ;

Zechariah 7:1

KJV: And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;

EHCC: will feed the flock of slaughter,