Strong's Lexicon

H2801

H2801 — חָרַת

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

Hebrewcharathverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 764

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2801
Word:	חָרַת
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	charath
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-rath'
Meaning:	1. to engrave
KJV Renderings:	graven.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3197

[חָרַת] verb grave, engrave, only

Qal Passive participle חָרוּת עַל הַלֻּחֹת Exod 32:16 ( E ), engraved upon the tablets. (by finger of God), but from absence of || in cognate languages (Arabic [untranscribed source text 2023] is perforate, bore, slit) probably error for חָרוּשׁ ( Jer 17:1).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חרת (ghah-rath’)

Exodus 82:16

EHCC: graven upon the tables.