Charar חָרַר
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| חָרַר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | charar |
| Strong's number | H2787 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to scorch |
| Occurrences | 10 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (4) |
Charar (Hebrew חָרַר, Strong's H2787) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to scorch”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to burn, be hot, be scorched, be charred
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be hot, be scorched
1a2) to burn, be burned
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be scorched, be burned
1b2) to burn
1b3) to be dry, be angry
1c) (Pilpel) to cause to burn
Aramaic equivalent: cha.rakh (חֲרַךְ "to singe" H2761)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be hot, be scorched
1a2) to burn, be burned
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be scorched, be burned
1b2) to burn
1b3) to be dry, be angry
1c) (Pilpel) to cause to burn
Aramaic equivalent: cha.rakh (חֲרַךְ "to singe" H2761)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | burned (7), dried (1), kindle (1), angry (1), burn (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | burn (2), is parched (1), kindling (1), have been burned (1), blow fiercely (1), is charred (1), charred it (1), be burned (1), glows (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Charar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 30:30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
Psalms
- Psalm 69:3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
- Psalm 102:3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 26:21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 24:6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 15:4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
- Ezekiel 15:5Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
- Ezekiel 24:10Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.
- Ezekiel 24:11Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
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).