Strong's Lexicon

H2730

H2730 — חָרֵד

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

HebrewcharedadjectiveOccurrences: 6TWOT: 735a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2730
Word:חָרֵד
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H2729
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:chared
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-rade'
Meaning:1. fearful 2. also reverential
KJV Renderings:afraid, trembling.

Use Strong's responsibly

Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.

Read: Using Strong's Responsibly

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3102

חָרֵד verbal adjective of foregoing, trembling; — חָרֵד Judg 7:3 + 3 t.; חֲרֵדִים Isa 66:5; Ezra 10:3 — trembling (from fear), absolute Judg 7:3 (|| ירא), 1Sam 4:13 (subject לִבּוֺ, followed by עַל, for, in behalf of); in awe and reverence, at word of God, sq, בְּ Ezra 9:4; Isa 66:2 (followed by עַל), Isa 66:5 (followed by אֶל); compare ׳ בְּמִצְוַת אל ׳ ח Ezra 10:3.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חרד (g’hah-r)

Judges 7:3

KJV: Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
EHCC: Whosoever (is) fearful and afraid, !

Ezra 9:4

KJV: Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
EHCC: every one that trembled at |

Isaiah 66:2

KJV: For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
EHCC: and trembleth at my word.
↑ Top