Charish חָרִישׁ
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| חָרִישׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | charish |
| Strong's number | H2758 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | plowing |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Charish (Hebrew חָרִישׁ, Strong's H2758) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “plowing”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
ploughing, ploughing time
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | earing (1), time (1), ground (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | plowing (1), even in the seasons of plowing (1), his ground (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Charish, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 45:6For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
Exodus
- Exodus 34:21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 8:12And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots.
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).