חֹרֶב chorev
Hebrew word for “drought” · Strong’s H2721 · used 16 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) dryness, drought, heat; 1a) dryness; 1b) drought; 1c) parching heat
Senses in the lexicon
- drought (12)
- desolation (4)
How it is translated
Glosses given for chorev in context, with how often each is used:
- heat 6
- dryness 3
- drought 2
- desolation 2
- like heat 1
- devastation 1
- destruction 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Judges | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 | |
| Haggai | 1 | 1.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 6 (3), Isaiah 25 (2), Genesis 31 (1), Job 30 (1), Isaiah 4 (1), Isaiah 61 (1), Jeremiah 36 (1), Jeremiah 49 (1), Jeremiah 50 (1), Ezekiel 29 (1)
Forms
- חרב 11
- מחרב 2
- לחרב 2
- כחרב 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chorev more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- גִּזָּה gazzah “fleece” 3
- טַל tal “dew” 3
- חׇרְבָּה chorbah “desolation” 3
- צֵל tsel “shadow” 3
- קֶרַח qerach “ice” 2
- זֶרֶם zerem “storm” 2
- בַּד bad “alone” 3
- מַחְסֶּה machaseh “refuge” 2
- עָרִיץ arits “ruthless” 2
- לַיְלָה laylah “night” 3
- כֵּן ken “so” 3
- עוֹלָם olam “forever” 2
Key verses
The verses using chorev that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 31:40 — Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
- Judges 6:39 — And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let…
- Job 30:30 — My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
- Isaiah 4:6 — And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
- Isaiah 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the…
- Isaiah 25:5 — Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be…
- Isaiah 61:4 — And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
- Jeremiah 49:13 — For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be…
- Jeremiah 50:38 — A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
- Ezekiel 29:10 — Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto…
- Zephaniah 2:14 — And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their…
- Haggai 1:11 — And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground…
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
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.