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Strong's H2721 חֹרֶב (choreb)

Choreb means “desolation” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2721 — katephistemi (“make insurrection against”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2721
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 15
Books 8

Strong's H2721 Quick Answer

Strong's H2721 חוֹרֶב (choreb) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. choreb (kho'-reb) n-m. 1. drought or desolation [a collaterally form of H2719] It has 15 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include dry, heat, desolation, drought, and desolations. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
choreb (kho'-reb) n-m. 1. drought or desolation [a collaterally form of H2719]
Usage
15 linked usages
Books
8 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
dry, heat, desolation, drought, and desolations

Meaning and Definition

choreb (kho'-reb) n-m. 1. drought or desolation [a collaterally form of H2719] KJV: desolation, drought, dry, heat, X utterly, waste. Root(s): H2719

Original Word
חוֹרֶב
Transliteration
choreb
Derivation
First root strongs: 2719
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2721. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2721 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render choreb, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

dry Judges 6:37 heat Job 30:30 desolation Jeremiah 49:13 drought Jeremiah 50:38 desolations Isaiah 61:4 utterly Ezekiel 29:10

How Strong's H2721 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 15 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2721 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2721 in the Old Testament

15 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 31:40 KJV

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Judges 6:37 KJV

Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

Judges 6:39 KJV

And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

Usage Excerpts

First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2721.

Genesis 31:40 Old Testament, KJV
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Judges 6:37 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
Judges 6:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
Judges 6:40 Old Testament, KJV
And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
Job 30:30 Old Testament, KJV
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
Isaiah 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Isaiah 25:4 Old Testament, KJV
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Isaiah 25:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
Isaiah 61:4 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
Jeremiah 36:30 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Jeremiah 49:13 Old Testament, KJV
For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
Jeremiah 50:38 Old Testament, KJV
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Ezekiel 29:10 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
Zephaniah 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Haggai 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2721, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2721 FAQ

What does choreb (חֹרֶב) mean?

Choreb (Strong's H2721) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "desolation". choreb (kho'-reb) n-m. 1. drought or desolation [a collaterally form of H2719]

How many times is choreb (חֹרֶב) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H2721 across 8 books.

Where can I study choreb (חֹרֶב) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2721 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate choreb (חֹרֶב)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as dry, heat, desolation, drought, desolations, and utterly. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.