Cheres חֶ֫רֶס
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| חֶ֫רֶס | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | cheres |
| Strong's number | H2775 (H2775A, H2775B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | sun |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Deuteronomy (1) |
Cheres (Hebrew חֶ֫רֶס, Strong's H2775) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “sun”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H2775A: sun
sun
H2775B: itch
itch, an eruptive disease
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sun (3), itch (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | itch (1), sun (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Cheres, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 28:27The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
Judges
- Judges 14:18And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
Job
- Job 9:7Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
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).