H2722 — חֹרֵב (Chôrêb)

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Strong's H2722 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חֹרֵב (Chôrêb)

Pronunciation: kho-rabe'

Morphology: n-pr-loc

Name Meaning: Horeb = "desert"

Derivation: from חָרַב (chârab) [H2717]; desolate;

Definition: Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains

KJV Renderings: Horeb.

Senses

  1. another name for Mount Sinai from which God gave the law to Moses and the Israelites

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
H2717 חָרַב chârab or חֲרֵב (chărêb); a primitive root to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.