Strong's Definition
or (with a directive enclitic) charcah (khar'- saw}; from an unused root meaning to scrape; the itch; also (perhaps from the mediating idea of 2777) the sun
KJV Usage: itch, sun
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֶ֫רֶס (che.res) — sun. sun
חֶ֫רֶס (che.res) — itch. itch, an eruptive disease
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name
Names of Landforms
Mount Heres = a mountain range near Aijalon, ► where the Israelites were unable to drive away the Amorites
noun m · חַרְסִית · חֶרֶשׂ
Weak | ≈ גָּרָב · טְחֹרִים · עֹפֶל · שְׁחִין
scabies exact meaning unsure: = contagious disease of the skin
noun m
Celestial Bodies
sun = celestial body ► that marks day and night and produces warmth and light for the earth
Names of Locations
Collocation: עִיר הַהֶרֶס
City of the Sun, Heliopolis literally: City of the Sun; hence: = town, normally known as On, but referred to in Greek as Heliopolis: "City of the Sun"; ◄ located in Lower Egypt; ► seat of worship of solar deities, such as Re and Atum (ABD)
1 JDG 14:18 MT HOTTP-A RSV NIV NJPS NRSV CEV הַחַרְסָה | NJB REB GNT החדרה = "(bridal) chamber" 2 ISA 19:18 MT עִיר הַהֶרֶס "City of Destruction | this expression probably is a pun on the name of the Egyptian town of Heliopolis, which, translated into Hebrew, would be עִיר הַחֶרֶס | MT NIV "City of Destruction" | LXX Πόλισ-ασεδεκ | NJPS "Town of Heres" | HOTTP-B RSV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV "City of the Sun" | this latter reading is supported by most of the versions
name
Names of Landforms
Ascent of Heres, Heres Pass meaning unsure; possibly: = a road leading up a mountain east of river Jordan; ► Gideon took this road when returning from battle
1 JDG 8:13 Vulgate "before the sun rising"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֶ֫רֶס n.m. sun base
[חֶ֫רֶס] n.[m.] an eruptive disease, itch—Dt 28:27 ref