חָרָה charah

Hebrew word for “to be incensed” · Strong’s H2734 · used 91 times in 88 verses

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Meaning

1) to be hot, furious, burn, becomeangry, be kindled;

How it is translated

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

• burned 53
• burn 8
• will burn 6
• does it burn 4
• has burned 4
• fret yourself 4
• has it burned 2
• those who are angry 2
• may it burn 1
• should burn 1
• certainly 1
• zealously 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 32 (4), Numbers 11 (3), Job 32 (3), Psalms 37 (3), Jonah 4 (3), Genesis 4 (2), Genesis 18 (2), Genesis 31 (2), Numbers 22 (2), Numbers 32 (2)

Forms

• ויחר 49
• חרה 17
• יחר 7
• וחרה 5
• תתחר 4
• יחרה 3
• הנחרים 2
• לחרות 1
• החרה 1
• בחרות 1

Words used with it

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

• אַף aph “face” 56
• מְאֹד meod “much” 13
• אַל al “not” 13
• רָעַע raa “be evil” 7
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 12
• הֶם hem “them” 11
• דָּבָר davar “word” 11
• נִי ni “me” 9
• אַךְ akh “surely” 6
• עֻזָּא uzza “Uzzah” 4
• דָּוִד david “David” 9
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 8

Key verses

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

• Exodus 32:10 — Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
• Numbers 11:1 — And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and…
• Deuteronomy 31:17 — Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils…
• Joshua 7:1 — But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah,…
• Judges 2:14 — And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their…
• 1 Samuel 15:11 — It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and…
• 2 Samuel 24:1 — And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
• Nehemiah 4:7 — But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up,…
• Psalms 18:7 — Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
• Psalms 37:7 — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
• Isaiah 5:25 — Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did…
• Isaiah 45:24 — Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

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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.