Charul חָרוּל
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| חָרוּל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | charul |
| Strong's number | H2738 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | nettle |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (1) |
Charul (Hebrew חָרוּל, Strong's H2738) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “nettle”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
nettles, weeds, kind of weed (perhaps chickpea)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | nettles (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | nettles (1), thistles (1), weeds (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Charul, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 30:7Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 24:31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 2:9Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).