חֶרֶס (ḥeres) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning an eruptive disease. It appears
4 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2775).
Also rendered
sun
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 748a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 748a)sun
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חֶ֫רֶסnoun, masculine: sun
Strong's H2775חֶרֶס: the sun KJV:sun.
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.