חֹרֶשׁ
ḥōreš
wood
Strong's H2793NounHebrewTWOT 762a

חֹרֶשׁ (ḥōreš) is a Hebrew noun meaning wood. It appears 7 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2793).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 762a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 762a)wood, wooded height; forest; bough, shroud
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֹ֫רֶשׁ noun, masculine: wood, wooded height

wood, wooded height

Strong's H2793 חֹרֶשׁ: a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)
KJV:bough, forest, shroud, wood.

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 762: חרשׁ ḥrš — Root of: חֹ֫רֶשׁ wood, wooded height

See it in Scripture

2 Chronicles 27:4Isaiah 17:9Ezekiel 31:3

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