חָרוֹן charon

Hebrew word for “burning anger” · Strong’s H2740 · used 41 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

1) anger, heat, burning (of anger); 1a) always used of God's anger

How it is translated

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

• burning 34
• anger 5
• fury 1
• angers 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Chronicles 28 (2), Isaiah 13 (2), Jeremiah 4 (2), Jeremiah 25 (2), Ezekiel 7 (2), Exodus 15 (1), Exodus 32 (1), Numbers 25 (1), Numbers 32 (1), Deuteronomy 13 (1)

Forms

• חרון 25
• מחרון 8
• וחרון 3
• חרנך 1
• ובחרונו 1
• חרוניך 1
• חרוני 1
• בחרון 1

Words used with it

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

• אַף aph “face” 34
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 14
• זַעַם zaam “indignation” 4
• עֶבְרָה evrah “fury” 4
• קוּם qum “to arise” 6
• מִן־ min “from” 6
• שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 3
• שִׁבְיָה shivyah “captive” 2
• רַע ra “bad” 4
• כָּלָה kalah “to end” 3
• חַטָּא chatta “sinner” 2
• כֵּן ken “so” 4

Key verses

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

• Exodus 15:7 — And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
• Exodus 32:12 — Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the…
• Numbers 32:14 — And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 30:8 — Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve…
• Psalms 58:9 — Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
• Jeremiah 4:8 — For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
• Jeremiah 30:24 — The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall…
• Lamentations 1:12 — Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted…
• Lamentations 4:11 — The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
• Nahum 1:6 — Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
• Zephaniah 2:2 — Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’s anger come…
• Zephaniah 3:8 — Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the…

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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.