חֹרֵב
ḥōrēb
Horeb
Strong's H2722Proper NounHebrewTWOT 731c

חֹרֵב (ḥōrēb) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning Horeb. It appears 17 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2722).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 731c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 731c)Horeb, waste, desert; Choreb
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֹרֵב proper name of a mountain: Horeb, waste, desert

חוֹרֵב proper name of a mountain Horeb (waste, desert)

Strong's H2722 חֹרֵב: Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains
KJV:Horeb.

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

Exodus 3:1Deuteronomy 1:21 Kings 8:9

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