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Strong's H2740 חָרוֹן (charon)

Charon means “sore displeasure” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2740 — kausis (“be burned”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2740
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 40
Books 19

Strong's H2740 Quick Answer

Strong's H2740 חֲרֹ֣נְךָ֔ is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. charown (khaw-rone') (or (shortened) charon {khaw-rone'}) n-m. 1. a burning of anger [from H2734] It has 40 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include anger, fierce, fury, and sore. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
charown (khaw-rone') (or (shortened) charon {khaw-rone'}) n-m. 1. a burning of anger [from H2734]
Usage
40 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
anger, fierce, fury, and sore

Meaning and Definition

charown (khaw-rone') (or (shortened) charon {khaw-rone'}) n-m. 1. a burning of anger [from H2734] KJV: sore displeasure, fierce(-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath(-ful). Root(s): H2734

Original Word
חֲרֹ֣נְךָ֔

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2740. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2740 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's H2740, 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.

anger Numbers 25:4 25× fierce Exodus 32:12 fury Job 20:23 sore Psalms 2:5

How Strong's H2740 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 40 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2740 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 H2740 in the Old Testament

40 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 15:7 KJV

And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

Exodus 32:12 KJV

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Numbers 25:4 KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

Usage Excerpts

First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2740.

Exodus 15:7 Old Testament, KJV
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
Exodus 32:12 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Numbers 25:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
Numbers 32:14 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
Deuteronomy 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
Joshua 7:26 Old Testament, KJV
And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
1 Samuel 28:18 Old Testament, KJV
Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
2 Kings 23:26 Old Testament, KJV
Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
2 Chronicles 28:11 Old Testament, KJV
Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
2 Chronicles 28:13 Old Testament, KJV
And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:10 Old Testament, KJV
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
2 Chronicles 30:8 Old Testament, KJV
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
Ezra 10:14 Old Testament, KJV
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
Nehemiah 13:18 Old Testament, KJV
Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
Job 20:23 Old Testament, KJV
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
Psalms 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Psalms 58:9 Old Testament, KJV
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Psalms 69:24 Old Testament, KJV
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Psalms 78:49 Old Testament, KJV
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Psalms 85:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
Psalms 88:16 Old Testament, KJV
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
Isaiah 13:9 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Isaiah 13:13 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Jeremiah 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Jeremiah 4:26 Old Testament, KJV
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Jeremiah 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Jeremiah 25:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Jeremiah 25:38 Old Testament, KJV
He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Jeremiah 30:24 Old Testament, KJV
The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
Jeremiah 49:37 Old Testament, KJV
For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
Jeremiah 51:45 Old Testament, KJV
My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
Lamentations 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Lamentations 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
Ezekiel 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
Ezekiel 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
Hosea 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Jonah 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Nahum 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Zephaniah 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you.
Zephaniah 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2740, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2740 FAQ

What does charon (חָרוֹן) mean?

Charon (Strong's H2740) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "sore displeasure". charown (khaw-rone') (or (shortened) charon {khaw-rone'}) n-m. 1. a burning of anger [from H2734]

How many times is charon (חָרוֹן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's H2740 across 19 books.

Where can I study charon (חָרוֹן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2740 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate charon (חָרוֹן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as anger, fierce, fury, and sore. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.