חֹ֫רֶב
cho.rev
drought
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "cho.rev" (H2721A) is defined as "drought". It falls within the semantic domain of "Water & Weather", indicating its association with conditions related to moisture and atmospheric conditions. This word is used 12 times in the Bible, suggesting its importance in the cultural and linguistic context of ancient Israel. The relatively high frequency of its occurrence may imply that drought was a significant concern for the ancient Israelites, potentially affecting their agricultural practices, spiritual experiences, and daily lives. The word's focus on drought specifically may also highlight the importance of water and its scarcity in the region. Given its definition and usage, "cho.rev" likely refers to a prolonged period of dryness, possibly leading to crop failure, water scarcity, or other related consequences. Its significance to the general audience lies in its reflection of the environmental and cultural challenges faced by the ancient Israelites, as well as its potential implications for their spiritual and daily lives.
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Occurrences in Scripture
12 total occurrences across the text
My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.
Isaiah 4:6There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
Isaiah 25:4For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.
Isaiah 25:5As the heat in a dry place you will bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the dreaded ones will be brought low.
Isaiah 25:5As the heat in a dry place you will bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the dreaded ones will be brought low.
Jeremiah 36:30Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: “He will have no one to sit on David’s throne. His dead body will be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Jeremiah 50:38A drought is on her waters, and they will be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
Haggai 1:11I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground produces, on men, on livestock, and on all the labor of the hands.”
Genesis 31:40This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
Judges 6:37behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I’ll know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.”
Judges 6:39Gideon said to God, “Don’t let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”
Judges 6:40God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.