STRONGS NUMBER H2720


Word Summary
chareb: dry
Original Word: חָרֵב
Transliteration: chareb
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-rabe')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: dry
Meaning: parched, ruined
Strong's Concordance
desolate, dry, waste

From charab; parched or ruined -- desolate, dry, waste.

see HEBREW charab

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2720. chareb

I. [חָרֵב‎] adjective dry, only feminine singular חֲרֵבָהLeviticus 7:10 of meal-offering not moistened (with oil; P); חֲרֵבָה מַּתֿProverbs 17:1 a dry morsel.

II. חָרֵבadjective waste, desolate; — masculine singular absolute ׳חJeremiah 33:10 3t.; feminine singular חֲרֵבָהNehemiah 2:3 2t.; feminine plural הֶחֳרֵבוֺתEzekiel 36:35, 38 (see Köi. 241); — of a city, defined בְּהֵמָה וּמֵאֵין אָדָם מֵאֵיןJeremiah 33:10, compare 33:12; also Nehemiah 2:3, 17; הֶחֳרֵבוֺת הֶעָרִיםEzekiel 36:35 (+ הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת הַנְשַׁמּוֺת,‎; opposed to יָשָׁב֑וּ בְּצוּרוֺת‎).