King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2742
Transliteration: charuwts
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-roots')
Part of Speech: Adjective; noun masculine; noun masculine
Short Definition: sharp, diligent
Meaning: incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager
Word Summary
charuwts: sharp, diligent
Original Word: חֲרוּץTransliteration: charuwts
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-roots')
Part of Speech: Adjective; noun masculine; noun masculine
Short Definition: sharp, diligent
Meaning: incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager
Strong's Concordance
decision, diligent, fine gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall Or charuts {khaw-roots'}; passive participle of charats; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager -- decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
see HEBREW charats
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2742. charuwts
I. חָרוּץ adjective sharp, diligent (on this and following see BaNB 173) — חָרוּץ Isaiah 28:27 11t.; plural חֲרוּצִים Proverbs 10:4; 12:24; חֲרֻצִים 13:4; חֲרֻצוֺת Amos 1:3; —
1 sharp: of threshing instrument ח ׳מוֺרָג חָדָשׁ Isaiah 41:15; without ׳מ, as substantive, 28:27 (where יוּדַשׁ); ׳ח הַבַּרְזֶל Amos 1:3; Job 41:22 (figurative of crocodile).
2 figurative diligent: as substantive Proverbs 21:5; opposed to רְמִיָּךְ 10:4; 12:24, 27; opposed to עָצֵּל 13:4. — Daniel 9:25 see IV. חרוץ.
II. חָרוּץ noun [masculine] strict decision, only הֶחָרוּץ עֵמֶק Joel Daniel 4:14 (twice in verse) valley of strict decision (see Bal.c.).
III. חָרוּץ
noun [masculine] trench, moat (Aramaic חֲרִיצָא; Assyrian —ariƒu, —iriƒu, id., DlHWB) — only in וְח ׳רְחוֺב Daniel 9:25, si vera lectio; as above Ges Herzf Ew Zö Meinh (q. v.); Gr וחיץ רְחוֺב; < ᵑ6 Bev וָחוּץ רְחוֺב with public places and streets.
see חָרוּץ noun masculineProverbs 8:10 gold, in poetry (Phoenician חרץ, see DrSm xxviii; Assyrian —urâƒu) — חָרוּץ Psalm 68:14 5t.; gold, always "" כֶּסֶף; Zechariah 9:3, of dove's wings Psalm 68:14 ח ׳בִּירַקְרַק; elsewhere in comparison with value of wisdom, etc. Proverbs 3:14; 8:10 (׳ח נִבְחָר) 8:19; 16:16.
חרצב (quadriliteral √ of following; compare Arabic bind or twist powerfully, Frey).