הָרַג harag

Hebrew word for “to kill” · Strong’s H2026 · used 167 times in 158 verses

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Meaning

1) to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand;

How it is translated

Glosses given for harag in context, with how often each is used:

• killed 61
• will kill 26
• kill 25
• have killed 9
• killing 4
• had killed 4
• one who kills 2
• slew 2
• when killed 2
• slays 2
• slain ones 2
• will you kill 1

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 9 (6), Esther 9 (6), Genesis 4 (5), Judges 8 (5), Numbers 31 (4), Ezekiel 26 (4), 1 Samuel 24 (3), 2 Samuel 4 (3), 1 Kings 18 (3), 1 Kings 19 (3)

Forms

• הרגו 22
• הרג 17
• ויהרג 15
• להרג 9
• יהרג 7
• הרגת 6
• ויהרגהו 4
• הרגתי 4
• להרגך 4
• ויהרגו 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with harag more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 34
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 17
• מוּת mut “to die” 17
• אָח ach “brother” 16
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 13
• בָּחוּר bachur “youth” 7
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 10
• יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 7
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 12
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 10
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 12
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 11

Key verses

The verses using harag that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 27:41 — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then…
• 2 Samuel 12:9 — Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife…
• 1 Kings 18:12 — And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab,…
• 1 Kings 19:10 — And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy…
• 2 Chronicles 36:17 — Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon…
• Nehemiah 9:26 — Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn…
• Isaiah 26:21 — For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no…
• Isaiah 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall…
• Jeremiah 4:31 — For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that…
• Lamentations 2:4 — He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter…
• Hosea 6:5 — Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
• Amos 9:1 — I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.