Strong's H2723 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh)

Pronunciation: khor-baw'

Morphology: n-f

Derivation: feminine of חֹרֶב (chôreb) [H2721];

Definition: properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation

KJV Renderings: decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).

Senses

1. a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation

Cross References

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.