I. [
חָרֵב]
verbbe dry, dried up (compare
יָבֵשׁ) (Aramaic
חֲרוֺבbe dry,
חוּרְבָּאdrought); —
QalPerfect3plural חָֽרְבוּGenesis 8:13 (twice in verse), Isaiah 19:6; Imperfect3masculine singular יֶחֱרַבHosea 13:15 2t., וַיֶּחֱרָ֑בPsalm 106:9; Imperative feminine singular חֳרָ֑בִיIsaiah 44:27; — be dry, dried up:
1of ground, be freed from waters of floodמְּנֵי חָאֲדָמָה׳חGenesis 8:13b (J).
2of waters, be dried up, taken away; of waters of flood Genesis 8:13 a (P); of Nile וְנָהָריֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵשׁIsaiah 19:5 ("" וְנִשְּׁתוּמַֿיִם מֵהַיָּם), see same combination Job 14:11 ("" אָֽזְלו מַיִם מִנִּייָֿם); Isaiah 19:6 ("" דָּֽלֲלוּ) Isaiah 44:27 ("" הוֺבִישׁ); of Red Sea Psalm 106:9; figurative of Ephraim's freshness and vigour Hosea 13:15.
Pu`alPerfect3plural לֹא חֹרָ֑בוּJudges 16:7,8, of fresh bow-strings (of gut, see Bla).
Hiph`ilPerfectהֶחֱרִיבNahum 1:4, of ׳י's drying up rivers ("" וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ), perhaps also Isaiah 11:15 (for ᵑ0החרים) see ᵐ5ᵑ6ᵑ9ᵑ7; וְהַחֲרַבְתִּ֫י the Euphrates Jeremiah 51:36 ("" הוֺבַשְׁתִּי); Imperfectאַחֲרִיב יָםIsaiah 50:2, subject ׳י, I dry up a sea ("" אָשִׂים נְהָרוֺת מִדְבָּר); אַחְרִבIsaiah 37:25=אַחֲרִב2 Kings 19:24, of king of Assyria drying up rivers of Egypt; Participle feminine singular הַמַּחֲרֶבֶתIsaiah 51:10 of ׳י's arm drying up (Red) Sea.
II. [חָרֵב] be waste, desolate (Late Hebrew חָרֵבid.; Aramaic חֲרוֺב
be laid waste; Zinjirli חרב adjective; Arabic 
be in ruins, waste, depopulated; Assyrian —arâbu, be waste, DlPr 175, —uribtu, desert, LotzTP); —
QalImperfect3feminine singular תֶּחֱרַ֔בJeremiah 26:9, תֶּחֱרָ֔בIsaiah 34:10; 3masculine plural יֶחֶרְבוּEzekiel 6:6, יֶחֱרָ֑בוּAmos 7:9; Isaiah 60:12; 3feminine plural תֶּחֱרַבְנָהEzekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 12:20; Imperativeחָרְבוּ (so, not חָֽרְבוּ — Theile — see van d. H Hahn Köi. 244) Jeremiah 2:12; Infinitive absoluteחָרֹבIsaiah 60:12; — be waste, desolate; of sanctuaries of Israel Amos 7:9 ("" נָשַׁמּוּ), of altars Ezekiel 6:6; of cities Jeremiah 26:9; Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 12:20 ("" שׁמם); of nations Isaiah 34:10, חָרֹב יֶחֱרָ֑בוּIsaiah 60:12 ("" יאֹבֵדוּ); figurative, in address to the heavens חָרְבוּ מְאֹדJeremiah 2:12 — ("" שֹׁמּוּ, וְשַׂעֲרוּ), be very desolate (at sins of Israel); others, be amazed, astounded (on relation of meanings see שׁמם).
Niph`alParticiple feminine נֶחֱרֶבֶתEzekiel 26:19 as adjective, desolate city, i.e. uninhabited, see context; נַחֲרָבוֺתEzekiel 30:17 of desolate countries ("" נָשַׁמּוּ).
Hiph`ilPerfectהֶחֱרִיבEzekiel 19:17; 1singular הֶחֱרַבְתִּיZephaniah 3:6; 3plural הֶחֱרִיבוּIsaiah 37:18; 2 Kings 19:17; Imperfect1singular אַחֲרִיבIsaiah 42:15; ParticipleמַחֲרִיבJudges 16:24; plural with suffix מַחֲרִיבַיִךְIsaiah 49:17; — lay waste, make desolate, human subject; nations and lands Isaiah 37:18=2 Kings 19:17; Isaiah 42:15, compare participle Isaiah 49:17 ("" מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ); add probably with We Amos 4:9 (הֶחֱרַבְתִּי for the untranslateable הַרְבּוֺת) I have devastated your gardens and vineyards; participle Judges 16:24desolater of our country ("" הִרְבָּה אֶתחֲֿלָלֵנ֑וּ); object cities Ezekiel 19:7; streets Zephaniah 3:6 ("" נָשַׁמּוּ).
Hoph`alPerfect3feminine singular הָחֳרָ֑בָהEzekiel 26:2she is laid waste, of a city; ParticipleמָחֳרָבוֺתEzekiel 29:12laid waste, of cities ("" שׁמם).
III. [חָרַב] verb (Aramaic and rare) attack, smite down (compare Arabic 
plunder, III. wage war with, VI. fight together, 
war, battle; Syriac 
smite, slay) —
QalImperative masculine singular חֲרֹבJeremiah 50:21 attack (+ וְהַחֲרֵם אַחֲרֵיהֶם); masculine plural חִרְבוּJeremiah 50:27 object כָּלמָּֿרֶיהָ, figurative of men of Babylon.
Niph`alPerfect3plural נֶחֶרְבוּ המלכים (see
Hoph`al) הָחֳרֵב2 Kings 3:23the kings have attacked one another, fought together ("" וַיַּכּוּ אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ).
Hoph`alInfinitive absolute2 Kings 3:23, see
Niph`al, but read perhaps הֵחָרֵב, compare Dr Leviticus 19:20, note.
[חֲרַב] verbbe waste (see Biblical Hebrew II. חרב); —
Hoph`alPerfectהָחָרְבַ֑תEzra 4:15city was laid waste.
Strong's Hebrew: 2717. חָרַב (charab) — 42 Occurrences
Genesis 8:13
HEB:בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ חָֽרְב֥וּ הַמַּ֖יִם מֵעַ֣ל
NAS: the water was dried up from the earth.
KJV: the waters were dried up from off the earth:
INT: the first of the month was dried the water from
Genesis 8:13
HEB:וַיַּ֕רְא וְהִנֵּ֥ה חָֽרְב֖וּ פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: of the ground was dried up.
KJV: of the ground was dry.
INT: and looked and behold was dried the surface of the ground
Judges 16:7
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־ חֹרָ֑בוּ וְחָלִ֥יתִי וְהָיִ֖יתִי
NAS: cords that have not been dried, then I will become weak
KJV: withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak,
INT: after have not been dried will become and be like
Judges 16:8
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־ חֹרָ֑בוּ וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ בָּהֶֽם׃
NAS: cords that had not been dried, and she bound
KJV: withs which had not been dried, and she bound
INT: after had not been dried bound
Judges 16:24
HEB:א֣וֹיְבֵ֔נוּ וְאֵת֙ מַחֲרִ֣יב אַרְצֵ֔נוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: into our hands, Even the destroyer of our country,
KJV: our enemy, and the destroyer of our country,
INT: our hands our enemy the destroyer of our country Who
2 Kings 3:23
HEB:דָּ֣ם זֶ֔ה הָחֳרֵ֤ב נֶֽחֶרְבוּ֙ הַמְּלָכִ֔ים
NAS: the kings have surely fought together,
KJV: the kings are surely slain,
INT: is blood This have surely fought the kings
2 Kings 3:23
HEB:זֶ֔ה הָחֳרֵ֤ב נֶֽחֶרְבוּ֙ הַמְּלָכִ֔ים וַיַּכּ֖וּ
NAS: have surely fought together, and they have slain
KJV: are surely slain, and they have smitten
INT: This have surely fought the kings have slain
2 Kings 19:17
HEB:אָמְנָ֖ם יְהוָ֑ה הֶחֱרִ֜יבוּ מַלְכֵ֥י אַשּׁ֛וּר
NAS: of Assyria have devastated the nations
KJV: of Assyria have destroyed the nations
INT: Truly LORD have devastated the kings of Assyria
2 Kings 19:24
HEB:מַ֣יִם זָרִ֑ים וְאַחְרִב֙ בְּכַף־ פְּעָמַ֔י
NAS: of my feet I dried up All
KJV: of my feet have I dried up all the rivers
INT: waters foreign dried the sole of my feet
Nehemiah 2:3
HEB:קִבְר֤וֹת אֲבֹתַי֙ חֲרֵבָ֔ה וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ אֻכְּל֥וּ
INT: tombs of my fathers' decay gates have been consumed
Nehemiah 2:17
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֤ר יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ חֲרֵבָ֔ה וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ נִצְּת֣וּ
INT: after Jerusalem decay gates burned
Job 14:11
HEB:יָ֑ם וְ֝נָהָ֗ר יֶחֱרַ֥ב וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃
NAS: And a river becomes parched and dried
KJV: and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
INT: the sea river becomes and dried
Psalm 106:9
HEB:בְּיַם־ ס֭וּף וַֽיֶּחֱרָ֑ב וַיּוֹלִיכֵ֥ם בַּ֝תְּהֹמ֗וֹת
NAS: Sea and it dried up, And He led
KJV: sea also, and it was dried up: so he led
INT: Sea the Red dried led the deeps
Isaiah 19:5
HEB:מֵֽהַיָּ֑ם וְנָהָ֖ר יֶחֱרַ֥ב וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃
NAS: up, And the river will be parched and dry.
KJV: and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
INT: the sea and the river will be parched will dry
Isaiah 19:6
HEB:נְהָר֔וֹת דָּלֲל֥וּ וְחָרְב֖וּ יְאֹרֵ֣י מָצ֑וֹר
NAS: will thin out and dry up; The reeds
KJV: shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds
INT: the canals will thin and dry the streams of Egypt
Isaiah 34:10
HEB:מִדּ֤וֹר לָדוֹר֙ תֶּחֱרָ֔ב לְנֵ֣צַח נְצָחִ֔ים
NAS: to generation it will be desolate; None
KJV: to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through
INT: generation to generation will be desolate forever and ever
Isaiah 37:18
HEB:אָמְנָ֖ם יְהוָ֑ה הֶחֱרִ֜יבוּ מַלְכֵ֥י אַשּׁ֛וּר
NAS: of Assyria have devastated all
KJV: of Assyria have laid waste all the nations,
INT: Truly LORD have devastated the kings of Assyria
Isaiah 37:25
HEB:וְשָׁתִ֣יתִי מָ֑יִם וְאַחְרִב֙ בְּכַף־ פְּעָמַ֔י
NAS: of my feet I dried up All
KJV: of my feet have I dried up all the rivers
INT: and drank waters dried the sole of my feet
Isaiah 42:15
HEB: אַחֲרִ֤יב הָרִים֙ וּגְבָע֔וֹת
NAS:I will lay waste the mountains
KJV:I will make waste mountains and hills,
INT:will lay the mountains and hills
Isaiah 44:27
HEB:הָאֹמֵ֥ר לַצּוּלָ֖ה חֳרָ֑בִי וְנַהֲרֹתַ֖יִךְ אוֹבִֽישׁ׃
NAS: to the depth of the sea, 'Be dried up!' And I will make
KJV: to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up
INT: says to the depth be dried your rivers will make
Isaiah 49:17
HEB:בָּנָ֑יִךְ מְהָֽרְסַ֥יִךְ וּמַחֲרִבַ֖יִךְ מִמֵּ֥ךְ יֵצֵֽאוּ׃
NAS: Your destroyers and devastators Will depart
KJV: thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth
INT: your builders your destroyers and devastators at will depart
Isaiah 50:2
HEB:הֵ֣ן בְּגַעֲרָתִ֞י אַחֲרִ֣יב יָ֗ם אָשִׂ֤ים
NAS: Behold, I dry up the sea
KJV: behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea,
INT: behold my rebuke dry the sea make
Isaiah 51:10
HEB:אַתְּ־ הִיא֙ הַמַּחֲרֶ֣בֶת יָ֔ם מֵ֖י
NAS:Was it not You who dried up the sea,
KJV:[Art] thou not it which hath dried the sea,
INT: you who dried the sea the waters
Isaiah 60:12
HEB:יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וְהַגּוֹיִ֖ם חָרֹ֥ב יֶחֱרָֽבוּ׃
NAS: And the nations will be utterly ruined.
KJV: yea, [those] nations shall be utterly wasted.
INT: will perish and the nations will be utterly ruined
Isaiah 60:12
HEB:וְהַגּוֹיִ֖ם חָרֹ֥ב יֶחֱרָֽבוּ׃
NAS: will be utterly ruined.
KJV: shall be utterly wasted.
INT: and the nations will be utterly ruined
Jeremiah 2:12
HEB:זֹ֑את וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ חָרְב֥וּ מְאֹ֖ד נְאֻם־
NAS: be very desolate, declares
KJV: be ye very desolate, saith
INT: likewise and shudder desolate be very declares
Jeremiah 26:9
HEB:וְהָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֛את תֶּחֱרַ֖ב מֵאֵ֣ין יוֹשֵׁ֑ב
NAS: city will be desolate, without
KJV: and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant?
INT: city likewise will be desolate without an inhabitant
Jeremiah 50:21
HEB:יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י פְּק֑וֹד חֲרֹ֨ב וְהַחֲרֵ֤ם אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙
NAS: of Pekod. Slay and utterly destroy
KJV: of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy
INT: the inhabitants of Pekod Slay and utterly after
Jeremiah 50:27
HEB: חִרְבוּ֙ כָּל־ פָּרֶ֔יהָ
NAS:Put all her young bulls
KJV:Slay all her bullocks;
INT:Put all her young
Jeremiah 51:36
HEB:אֶת־ נִקְמָתֵ֑ךְ וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי֙ אֶת־ יַמָּ֔הּ
NAS: full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea
KJV: for thee; and I will dry up her sea,
INT: and exact full will dry her sea and make
Ezekiel 6:6
HEB:מוֹשְׁב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם הֶעָרִ֣ים תֶּחֱרַ֔בְנָה וְהַבָּמ֖וֹת תִּישָׁ֑מְנָה
NAS: cities will become waste
KJV: the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places
INT: your dwellings cities will become and the high shall be desolate
Ezekiel 6:6
HEB:תִּישָׁ֑מְנָה לְמַעַן֩ יֶחֶרְב֨וּ וְיֶאְשְׁמ֜וּ מִזְבְּחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם
NAS: will become waste and the high places
KJV: that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate,
INT: shall be desolate because of waste and desolate your altars
Ezekiel 12:20
HEB:וְהֶעָרִ֤ים הַנּֽוֹשָׁבוֹת֙ תֶּחֱרַ֔בְנָה וְהָאָ֖רֶץ שְׁמָמָ֣ה
NAS: cities will be laid waste and the land
KJV: that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land
INT: cities the inhabited will be laid and the land desolation
Ezekiel 19:7
HEB:אַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יו וְעָרֵיהֶ֖ם הֶחֱרִ֑יב וַתֵּ֤שַׁם אֶ֙רֶץ֙
NAS: towers And laid waste their cities;
KJV: their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities;
INT: their fortified their cities and laid were appalled and the land
Ezekiel 26:2
HEB:אֵלָ֑י אִמָּלְאָ֖ה הָחֳרָֽבָה׃
NAS: to me. I shall be filled, [now that] she is laid waste,'
KJV: unto me: I shall be replenished, [now] she is laid waste:
INT: to me shall be filled is laid
Ezekiel 26:19
HEB:אֹתָךְ֙ עִ֣יר נֶחֱרֶ֔בֶת כֶּעָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: When I make you a desolate city,
KJV: When I shall make thee a desolate city,
INT: make city A desolate the cities which
Ezekiel 29:12
HEB:בְּת֨וֹךְ עָרִ֤ים מָֽחֳרָבוֹת֙ תִּֽהְיֶ֣יןָ שְׁמָמָ֔ה
NAS: of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate
KJV: the cities [that are] laid waste shall be desolate
INT: the midst of cities are laid become will be desolate
Ezekiel 30:7
HEB:בְּתוֹךְ־ עָרִ֥ים נַחֲרָב֖וֹת תִּֽהְיֶֽינָה׃
NAS: will be In the midst of the devastated cities.
KJV: of the cities [that are] wasted.
INT: the midst cities of the devastated become
Hosea 13:15
HEB:וְיֵב֤וֹשׁ מְקוֹרוֹ֙ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב מַעְיָנ֔וֹ ה֣וּא
NAS: And his spring will be dried up; It will plunder
KJV: and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil
INT: will become and his fountain will be dried and his spring It
Amos 7:9
HEB:וּמִקְדְּשֵׁ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ וְקַמְתִּ֛י עַל־
NAS: of Israel laid waste. Then I will rise
KJV: of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise
INT: and the sanctuaries of Israel laid will rise against
Nahum 1:4
HEB:וְכָל־ הַנְּהָר֖וֹת הֶֽחֱרִ֑יב אֻמְלַ֤ל בָּשָׁן֙
NAS: and makes it dry; He dries up all
KJV: the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up
INT: all the rivers dries weak Bashan
Zephaniah 3:6
HEB:נָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ פִּנּוֹתָ֔ם הֶחֱרַ֥בְתִּי חֽוּצוֹתָ֖ם מִבְּלִ֣י
NAS: are in ruins. I have made their streets
KJV: I made their streets waste, that none passeth by:
INT: ruins their corner have made their streets no
be laid waste; Zinjirli 
be in ruins, waste, depopulated; Assyrian —arâbu, be waste, DlPr 175, —uribtu, desert, LotzTP); — 
plunder, III. wage war with, VI. fight together, 
war, battle; Syriac 
smite, slay) —