H2724 - חָרָבָה (chârâbâh)

H2724 חָרָבָה (chârâbâh) khaw-raw-baw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

dry ground

Strong's Definition

a desert

Derivation: feminine of H2720 (חָרֵב);

KJV Usage: dry (ground, land).

TWOT Reference: 731e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) dry land, dry ground

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1093 G3584

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

dry land, dry ground

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָרָבָה chârâbâh BDB Definition: 1) dry land, dry ground Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2720 Same Word by TWOT Number: 731e Total KJV Occurrences: 8

Bible Occurrences (7)

7:22

14:21

3:17 4:18

2:8

30:12

2:6

Genesis 7:22

Of all that [was] on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

Exodus 14:21

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned [it] into dry land. So the waters were divided,

Joshua 3:17

The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.

Joshua 4:18

When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet... touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before....

2 Kings 2:8

And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

Ezekiel 30:12

I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Haggai 2:6

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Once more, in a little while,... I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.