Strong's Definition
the same as 2775; shining; Cheres, a mountain in Palestine
KJV Usage: Heres
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֶ֫רֶס (che.res) — Heres.
§ Heres = "the sun" a mountain inhabited by Amorites in Moab; the place where Gideon turned back from chasing the Midianites
חֶ֫רֶס (che.res) — (Mount) Heres. Heres = "the sun" a mountain inhabited by Amorites in Moab; the place where Gideon turned back from chasing the Midianites Another name of bet she.mesh (בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ "Beth-shemesh" H1053G)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חֶ֫רֶס] n.pr.loc. abode of Amorites
place E. of Jordan
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