Strong's Lexicon

H2740

H2740 — חָרוֹן חָרוֹן

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

Hebrewcharownnoun mascOccurrences: 41TWOT: 736a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2740
Word:	חָרוֹן חָרוֹן
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2734
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	41
Transliteration:	charown
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-rone' (or (shortened) charon {khaw-rone'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a burning of anger
KJV Renderings:	sore displeasure, fierce(-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath(-ful).

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BDB3108

חָרוֺן noun masculine (burning of) anger (compare Lag^{BN 204 Anm. *} *) — ׳ ח Ezek 7:12 + 2 t.; construct חֲרוֺן Num 25:4 + 33 t.; suffix חֲרוֺנִי Ezek 7:14 ( Co חרון), חֲרוֺגוֺ Ps 2:5 חֲרֹנְךָ Exod 15:7 plural suffix חֲרוֺנֶי֑ךָ Ps 88:17 — always of God's anger (see note, below), חֲרוֺן אף Exod 32:12; Num 25:4; Num 32:14; Josh 7:26 ( J ), Deut 13:18; 1Sam 28:18; 2Kgs 23:26; 2Chr 28:11; 2Chr 28:13; 2Chr 29:10; 2Chr 30:8; Ezra 10:14; Hos 11:9; Nah 1:6; Zeph 2:2; Zeph 3:8; Isa 13:9; Isa 13:13; Jer 4:8; Jer 4:26; Jer 12:13; Jer 25:37; Jer 25:38; Jer 30:24; Jer 49:37; Jer 51:45; Jonah 3:9; Ps 69:25; Ps 78:49; Ps 85:4; Job 20:23; Lam 1:12; Lam 4:11 אף omitted, Exod 15:7 (song), Neh 13:18; Ps 2:5; Ezek 7:12 (strike out Co), Ezek 7:14 plural bursts of burning anger Ps 88:17. —

Note: כְּמוֺחָֿרוֺן Ps 58:10 burning anger ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Jerome AV Bae Che; but Thes MV SS DeW Ew Ol Pe, something burning, e.g. thorns, antith. green thorns; Hengst De cooked flesh, antith. raw; Jer 25:38 הַיּוֺנָה ׳ מפני ח because of the fierceness of the oppressor (? AV ) would then be the only use of the word of other than God's anger; here ᵐ5 ᵑ7 Ew Hi Gf Ke Che Gie RV rightly read חרב oppressing sword (as Jer 46:16; Jer 50:16). חרון is not used in H P D² or E (except song, Exod 15:7) of the Hexateuch; nor in Ezekiel except Ezek 7:12 (strike out Co ), Ezek 7:14.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חרון (g’hah-r)

Joshua 7:26

KJV: And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.Achor: that is, Trouble

EHCC: from the focoes of his anger. -

Joshua 29:10

EHCC: that his wrath may turn away (lit,

Job 20:23

KJV: When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

EHCC: (God) shall cast the fiery of his wrath

Psalms 2:5

KJV: Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.vex: or, trouble

EHCC: and vex them in his sore displeasure,

Psalms 69:24

KJV: Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

EHCC: (25).and let thy wrathful anger

Psalms 76:49

EHCC: cast upon them the fierceness of his anger,

Psalms 65:8

KJV: They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.rejoice: or, sing

EHCC: 4): from the fierceness of thine anger.

Psalms 88:16

KJV: Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

EHCC: 17( . Thy fierce wrath goeth over

Jeremiah 4:8

KJV: For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

EHCC: the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned

Jeremiah 12:18

EHCC: because of the force anger of the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:37

KJV: And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

EHCC: because of the flerce anger of the

Jeremiah 90:24

EHCC: The flerce anger of the Lord shall not

Jeremiah 49:87

EHCC: my fleree

Jeremiah 51:45

KJV: My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord.

EHCC: every man his soul from the flerce anger of

Ezekiel 7:12

KJV: The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

EHCC: wrath (is) upon all the multitude

Jonah 8:9

EHCC: turn away his fierce anger,

Nahum 1:6

KJV: Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.abide: Heb. stand up

EHCC: who can abide in the fierceness of his

Zephaniah 2:2

KJV: Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.

EHCC: before the fierce anger of the Lord come

Zephaniah 8:8

EHCC: all my fierce anger: