Strong's Lexicon

H2782

H2782 — חָרַץ

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

Hebrewcharatsverb-stemOccurrences: 12TWOT: 752

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2782
Word:	חָרַץ
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	12
Transliteration:	charats
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-rats'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound 2. (figuratively) to be alert, to decide
KJV Renderings:	bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim, move.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3155

I. חָרַץ verb cut, sharpen, decide (Late Hebrew id., cut in, decide, Aramaic in derivatives; Assyrian —arâƒu , dig, decide, —ariƒu , trench, Zehnpf^{BAS i. 502} ; Phoenician חרץ decision, Hoffm^{AGG xxxvi, May 1889, 11}) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ ח Josh 10:21 חָרָ֑צְתָּ 1Kgs 20:40 Imperfect יֶחֱרַץֿ Exod 11:7 2 masculine singular תֶּחֱרָ֑ץ 2Sam 5:24 Passive participle חָרוּץ Isa 10:22; Lev 22:22 plural חֲרוּצִים Job 14:5 (see also חָרוּץ below); —

1. cut, mutilate Lev 22:22 ( עַוֶּרֶת אוֺ שָׁבוּר אוֺחָֿרוּץ אוֺ יַבֶּלֶת).

2. sharpen, figurative the tongue, כֶּֿלֶב לְשֹׁנוֺ לְ ׳ לֹא יֶח Exod 11:7 ( J ), i.e. utter no sound against Israel, Josh 10:21.

3. decide 1Kgs 20:40 (absolute); so participle pass חרוצים ימיו Job 14:5 his days are determined, fixed (|| מִסְפַּר חדשׁיו), Isa 10:22 ׳ כִּלָּיוֺן ח; act with decision 2Sam 5:24.

Niph`al Participle נֶחֱרָצָה Isa 10:23 + 3 t.; נֶחֱרֶצֶת Dan 9:26 (both these forms infinitive construct according to Ba^{NB 90} ); decisive ׳ כָּלָה וְנֶח Isa 10:23 ; Isa 28:22; Dan 9:27 a consumption and strict decision (i.e. that which is strictly determined), נֶעֱשָׂ֑תָה ׳ כי נ Dan 11:36 שֹׁמֵמוֺת ׳ נח Dan 9:26 strict determining of desolation.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חרץ (gehah-rate’)

Joshua 10:21

KJV: And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

EHCC: none moved his tongue against

1 Kings 20:40

KJV: And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.he was…: Heb. he was not

EHCC: thyself Aast decided Cit),

Exodus 11:7

KJV: But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

EHCC: shall not a dog more his tongue,

Leviticus 22:22

KJV: Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord.

EHCC: Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a

Job 14:5

KJV: Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

EHCC: Seeing his days (are) determined,

Isaiah 10:22

KJV: For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.of them: Heb. in, or, among, etcwith: or, in

EHCC: the consumption decreed shall overflow

Isaiah 10:28

KJV: He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:

EHCC: even determined, in the midst

Isaiah 28:22

KJV: Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

EHCC: even determined upon the whole earth,

Daniel 9:26

KJV: And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.but…: or, and shall have nothingdesolations…: or, it shall be cut off by desolations

EHCC: unto the end of the war desolations are

Daniel 11:36

KJV: And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

EHCC: for that that is determined shall be done.