H2793 - חֹרֶשׁ (chôresh)

H2793 חֹרֶשׁ (chôresh) kho'-resh

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Horesh

Biblical Persons & Places

Horesh Horesh

A location first mentioned at 1Sa.23.15; only referred to as Horesh (חֹ֫רֶשׁ).

Strong's Definition

a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)

Derivation: from H2790 (חָרַשׁ);

KJV Usage: bough, forest, shroud, wood.

TWOT Reference: 762a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) wood, wooded height, forest, wooded area

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G4437 G5471

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

This name means wood, forest

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֹרֶשׁ chôresh BDB Definition: 1) wood, wooded height, forest, wooded area Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2790 Same Word by TWOT Number: 762a Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

23:15 23:16 23:18 23:19

27:4

17:9

31:3

1 Samuel 23:15

While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

1 Samuel 23:16

And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

1 Samuel 23:18

So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

1 Samuel 23:19

Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

2 Chronicles 27:4

He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests....

Isaiah 17:9

In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites... and to utter desolation.

Ezekiel 31:3

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.