חֹרֶב
ḥōreb
dryness
Strong's H2721NounHebrewTWOT 731b

חֹרֶב (ḥōreb) is a Hebrew noun meaning dryness. It appears 16 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2721).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 731b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 731b)dryness, drought, heat; parching heat; desolation; dry, waste
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֹ֫רֶב noun, masculine: dryness, drought, heat

חֹ֫רֶב noun, masculine: desolation

Strong's H2721 חֹרֶב: drought or desolation
KJV:desolation, drought, dry, heat, × utterly, waste.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 731: חָרֵב ḥārēb — be waste, desolate; lay waste, make desolate; be dry, dried up; drying up; parch, destroy, kill; decay, destroyer, slay

See it in Scripture

Judges 6:37Job 30:30Isaiah 4:6

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