Strong's Lexicon

H2787

H2787 — חָרַר

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

Hebrewchararverb-stemOccurrences: 11TWOT: 756

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2787
Word:חָרַר
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:charar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-rar'
Meaning:1. to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion
KJV Renderings:be angry, burn, dry, kindle.

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BDB3167

I. [חָרַר] verb be hot, scorched, burn poet. & late (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1997] be hot, burn, thirst; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1998] Aramaic חַר; compare Assyrian arâru , glow, SASmAssurbanipal i. p. 97 BelserBAS ii. 155) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular חָ֫רָה Job 30:30, וְחָ֫רָה consecutive Ezek 24:11, חָ֫רוּ Isa 24:6
1. be hot, scorched, Jerusalem, under figure of caldron Ezek 24:11.
2. burn = be burned, figurative of men, in ׳ י's judgement, Isa 24:6.
3. burn, of bones of sick men in fever מִנִּיחֹֿרֶב ׳ ח Job 30:30.
Niph`al Perfect נָחַר Jer 6:29, נָחָ֑ר Ezek 15:4 , נִחַר Ps 69:4 3 plural נִחָ֑רוּ Ps 102:4 (i. 368); Imperfect וַיֵּחָ֑ר Ezek 15:5 יֵחָ֑רוּ Ezek 24:10 (strike out Co B and others)
1. be scorched, of bellows מַפֻּחַ in fierce fire Jer 6:29
from √ נחר snort, puff, according to Mich Ew Gf Gie and others, — Du; (figurative); scorched, charred, of the vine (as fuel) Ezek 15:4; Ezek 15:5 middle part charred, the ends devoured (אכל) by fire (simile of inhabitants of Jerusalem); bones (simile id. ) Ezek 24:10 (see above).
2. burn, of bones in fever Ps 102:4 (כְּמוֺקֵד, compare Qal Job 30:30); be parched, of throat גרוני ׳ נח Job 69:4 . — Isa 41:11; Isa 45:24; Song 1:6 see חרה . Pilpel Infinitive לְחַרְחַררִֿיב Prov 26:21 to kindle strife.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חרר (ghah-rar’)

Job 30:80

EHCC: my bones are burned with heat.

Isaiah 24:6

KJV: Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
EHCC: inhabitants of the earth are bursa, /

Psalms 69:3

KJV: I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
EHCC: (4).my throat is dried: |

Psalms 102:3

KJV: For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.like…: or, (as some read) into smoke
EHCC: (4).my bones are burned as an hearth. |

Jeremiah 6:29

KJV: The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
EHCC: The bellows are burned, |

Ezekiel 15:5

KJV: Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?meet: Heb. made fit
EHCC: devoured it, and it is burned?

Ezekiel 24:10

KJV: Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
EHCC: let the bones be burned.

Ezekiel 15:4

KJV: Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?Is it…: Heb. Will it prosper?
EHCC: the midst of it is burned.

Proverbs 26:21

KJV: As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
EHCC: a contentious man fo kindle strife. |
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