Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2793 - חרֶשׁ choresh (wood)

Original Word:	חרֶשׁ
Transliteration:	choresh
Definition:	wood, wooded height
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(kho'-resh)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bough, forest, shroud, wood

From charash; a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric) -- bough, forest, shroud, wood.

see HEBREW charash

Englishman's Concordance

1) wood, wooded height, forest, wooded area
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2790
Same Word by TWOT Number: 762a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֹ֫רֶשׁnoun masculine^{Ezekiel 31:3}wood, wooded height (Assyrian —uršu, wooded height COT^Gloss Lyon^{Sargontexte, Gloss} (see also Dl^{Pr 180} Che^{critical note on Isaiah 17:9}); Late Hebrew חוֺרֶשׁwood, forest; Aramaic חוּרְשָׁאid.) — absolute ׳חIsaiah 17:9; Ezekiel 31:3 (but on both see below); חֹ֫רְשָׁה1 Samuel 23:16 (see Dr); בַּחֹ֫רְשָׁה1 Samuel 23:15,18,19; plural חֳרָשִׁים2Chronicles 27:4; — wooded height1 Samuel 23:15 ("" בָּהָר1 Samuel 23:14), 1 Samuel 23:16; 1 Samuel 23:18, so ׳בַּמְּצָדוֺת בַּחבְּגִבְעַת הַחֲכִילָה1 Samuel 23:19; בנה בִּירָנִיּוֺת וּמִגְדָּלִים׳וּבֶח2Chronicles 27:4 and on the wooded heights he built fortresses and towers ("" בְּהַר יְהוּדָה); עֲזוּבַת הַחֹרֶשׁ וְהָאָמִירIsaiah 17:9the forsaken places of the wooded heights and summits Ges Ew De Di RV; but read probably החוי והאמרי׳עforsaken places of the Hivites and the Amorites, so ᵐ5 Lag Che Or Brd Du; ׳חמֵצַלEzekiel 31:3shade-giving wood or thicket, of close branches of cedar (but sense hardly legitimate; strike out ᵐ5 Co).

IV. חרשׁ (√ of following; meaning unknown; suggestions on etymology see below)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2793. חֹ֫רֶשׁ (choresh) — 7 Occurrences

1 Samuel 23:15
HEB:בְּמִדְבַּר־ זִ֖יף בַּחֹֽרְשָׁה׃ ס
NAS: of Ziph at Horesh.
KJV: of Ziph in a wood.
INT: the wilderness of Ziph Horesh

1 Samuel 23:16
HEB:אֶל־ דָּוִ֖ד חֹ֑רְשָׁה וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק אֶת־
NAS: to David at Horesh, and encouraged
KJV: to David into the wood, and strengthened
INT: to David Horesh and strengthened his hand

1 Samuel 23:18
HEB:וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב דָּוִד֙ בַּחֹ֔רְשָׁה וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן הָלַ֥ךְ
NAS: stayed at Horesh while Jonathan
KJV: abode in the wood, and Jonathan
INT: stayed and David Horesh Jonathan went

1 Samuel 23:19
HEB:עִמָּ֤נוּ בַמְּצָדוֹת֙ בַּחֹ֔רְשָׁה בְּגִבְעַת֙ הַֽחֲכִילָ֔ה
NAS: with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill
KJV: himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill
INT: in the strongholds Horesh the hill of Hachilah

2 Chronicles 27:4
HEB:בְּהַר־ יְהוּדָ֑ה וּבֶחֳרָשִׁ֣ים בָּנָ֔ה בִּֽירָנִיּ֖וֹת
NAS: and towers on the wooded [hills].
KJV: of Judah, and in the forests he built
INT: the hill of Judah the wooded built fortresses

Isaiah 17:9
HEB:מָעֻזּ֗וֹ כַּעֲזוּבַ֤ת הַחֹ֙רֶשׁ֙ וְהָ֣אָמִ֔יר אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: will be like forsaken places in the forest, Or like branches
KJV: be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch,
INT: their strong forsaken the forest branches which

Ezekiel 31:3
HEB:יְפֵ֥ה עָנָ֛ף וְחֹ֥רֶשׁ מֵצַ֖ל וּגְבַ֣הּ
NAS: branches and forest shade,
KJV: and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high
INT: beautiful branches and forest shade an high

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