2723. chorbah

Lexicon

chorbah: Desolation, ruin, waste

Original Word: חָרְבָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: chorbah
Pronunciation: khor-BAH
Phonetic Spelling: (khor-baw')
Definition: Desolation, ruin, waste
Meaning: drought, a desolation

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

decayed place, desolate place destruction, laid waste place

Feminine of choreb; properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation -- decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).

see HEBREW choreb

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from chareb
Definition
waste, desolation, ruin
NASB Translation
deserts (1), desolation (4), desolations (1), ruin (6), ruined homes (1), ruins (11), waste (7), waste places (10), wastes (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חָרְבָּה noun feminine waste, desolation, ruin; — absolute ׳ח Leviticus 26:31 15t. + Ezekiel 38:8 (strike out ᵑ6 Co) + Ezekiel 38:12 חרבה ᵐ5 Co for חרבות; plural חֳרָבוֺת Psalm 9:7 11t. (Ezekiel 38:12, compare above); construct חָרְבוֺת Isaiah 5:17 7t.; suffix חָרְבֹתַיִךְ Isaiah 49:19; חָרְבֹתָיו Ezra 9:9; חָרְבֹתֶיהָ Isaiah 51:3; חָרְבוֺתֶיהָ Isaiah 44:26; חָרְבוֺתֵיהֶם Psalm 109:10 2Chronicles 34:6 (compare חֶרֶב and below); (chiefly mid. and late Hebrew Isa²8t.; Jeremiah 10 t., Ezekiel 14 t. — including Ezekiel 38:8, q. strike out Co); —

1 waste, ruin, of cities of Israel Leviticus 26:31,33 (H); Judah Isaiah 44:26; Isaiah 49:19 ("" שֹׁמְמֹת), Isaiah 58:12 (בנה), Jeremiah 25:18; Jeremiah 27:17; Jeremiah 44:2,6; Ezekiel 5:14; ruins of Jerusalem Isaiah 52:9; Daniel 9:2; also Ezekiel 35:4; compare Malachi 1:4 (with בנה), Ezekiel 36:10 (with בנה) Ezekiel 36:33 (id.); Egypt Ezekiel 29:9,10 (in both "" שְׁמָמָה; חרבות חֹרֶב in Ezekiel 29:10); ruin of temple Ezra 9:9; = ruined dwellings Psalm 109:10; compare 2Chronicles 34:6, where read perhaps בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם for בּחר בתיהם (see חֶרֶב below III. חרב); Jeremiah 22:5; in General ruins (si vera 1., see Di; object of בנה) Job 3:14; ׳כוס ח Psalm 102:7 an owl of a ruin.

2 of land: waste place amid ruins Isaiah 5:17, compare Isaiah 51:3 ("" מִדְבָּר, עֲרָבָה); land a desolation Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 44:22; Ezekiel 25:13 (Edom) Jeremiah 25:11; Isaiah 64:10 and Ezekiel 33:24,27 (of Judah), compare Ezekiel 13:4, ׳כְשֻׁעָלִים בח simile of the prophets; הַשֹּׁמֵמוֺת ׳הח Ezekiel 36:4 (of Israel); of desolation of enemies of Israel Psalm 9:7 (לָנֶ֫צַח ׳ח); עולם ׳ח = old ruins Isaiah 61:4 (with בנה); elsewhere perpetual ruin, desolation Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 49:13 (cities of Bosra); מעולם ׳ה Ezekiel 26:20 (simile of Tyre).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root חָרַב (charab), which means "to be dry" or "to be desolate."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G2047 (eremos): This Greek term is often used in the New Testament to describe a "desert" or "wilderness," reflecting a similar concept of desolation or uninhabited land.
• G2050 (eremia): This term refers to "desolation" or "wilderness," aligning with the Hebrew concept of חָרְבָּה as a place of barrenness or ruin.

In summary, חָרְבָּה (chorbah) is a significant term in the Hebrew Bible, encapsulating themes of judgment, desolation, and the hope of restoration. Its usage underscores the transformative power of divine intervention in turning desolate places into areas of life and abundance.

Usage: The word חָרְבָּה appears in various contexts within the Hebrew Bible, often to describe the aftermath of divine judgment or the consequences of war and neglect. It is used to convey the idea of a place that has become uninhabitable or barren.

Context: • Occurrences in Scripture: The term חָרְבָּה is found in several passages throughout the Old Testament. Notable examples include:
• Isaiah 51:3 (BSB): "For the LORD will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places and will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of melody."
• Ezekiel 36:34 (BSB): "The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through."
• Theological Significance: In the biblical narrative, חָרְבָּה often symbolizes the consequences of sin and disobedience, leading to divine judgment. However, it also serves as a backdrop for the promise of restoration and renewal, as God pledges to transform desolation into flourishing landscapes.
• Cultural and Historical Context: In ancient Near Eastern culture, the concept of desolation was a powerful image, often associated with divine displeasure or the aftermath of military conquest. The transformation of desolate places into fertile land was seen as a sign of divine favor and blessing.

Forms and Transliterations

בֶּֽחֳרָבוֹת֙ בָּחֳרָב֑וֹת בָּחֳרָבוֹת֙ בחרבות הֶחֳרָב֨וֹת הֶחֳרָבֽוֹת׃ החרבות החרבות׃ וְהֶחֳרָב֖וֹת וְחָרְב֥וֹת וְחָרְבָּ֔ה וְחָרְבוֹתֶ֖יהָ וְלֶחֳרָב֤וֹת וּלְחָרְב֖וֹת והחרבות וחרבה וחרבות וחרבותיה ולחרבות חֳרָב֔וֹת חֳרָב֗וֹת חֳרָב֣וֹת חֳרָבֽוֹת׃ חָרְב֖וֹת חָרְב֣וֹת חָרְבָּ֔ה חָרְבָּ֣ה חָרְבָּֽה׃ חָרְבָּה֙ חָרְבֹתֶ֔יהָ חָרְבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ חָרְבֹתָ֔יו חרבה חרבה׃ חרבות חרבות׃ חרבתיה חרבתיו חרבתיך כָּחֳרָב֤וֹת כחרבות לְחָרְב֥וֹת לְחָרְבָּ֖ה לְחָרְבָּ֣ה לְחָרְבָּ֥ה לְחָרְבָּ֧ה לְחָרְבָּ֨ה לְחָרְבָּֽה׃ לְחָרְבוֹת֙ לחרבה לחרבה׃ לחרבות מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ מחרבותיהם׃ bā·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ bāḥorāḇōwṯ be·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ bechoraVot beḥorāḇōwṯ bochoraVot charBah chareBah chareVot charevoTav charevoTayich charevoTeiha choraVot ḥā·rə·bāh ḥā·rə·ḇō·ṯa·yiḵ ḥā·rə·ḇō·ṯāw ḥā·rə·ḇō·ṯe·hā ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ ḥārəbāh ḥārəḇōṯāw ḥārəḇōṯayiḵ ḥārəḇōṯehā ḥārəḇōwṯ he·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ hechoraVot heḥorāḇōwṯ ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ ḥorāḇōwṯ kā·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ kāḥorāḇōwṯ kochoraVot lə·ḥā·rə·bāh lə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ lechareBah lechareVot ləḥārəbāh ləḥārəḇōwṯ mê·ḥā·rə·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem mecharevoteiHem mêḥārəḇōwṯêhem ū·lə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ ulechareVot ūləḥārəḇōwṯ vechareBah vechareVot vecharevoTeiha vehechoraVot velechoraVot wə·ḥā·rə·bāh wə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā wə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ wə·he·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ wə·le·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ wəḥārəbāh wəḥārəḇōwṯ wəḥārəḇōwṯehā wəheḥorāḇōwṯ wəleḥorāḇōwṯ

Englishman's Concordance

Leviticus 26:31
HEB: אֶת־ עָֽרֵיכֶם֙ חָרְבָּ֔ה וַהֲשִׁמּוֹתִ֖י אֶת־
NAS: I will lay waste your cities
KJV: your cities waste, and bring
INT: will lay your cities waste and will make your sanctuaries

Leviticus 26:33
HEB: וְעָרֵיכֶ֖ם יִהְי֥וּ חָרְבָּֽה׃
NAS: and your cities become waste.
KJV: and your cities waste.
INT: and your cities become waste

Ezra 9:9
HEB: וּלְהַעֲמִ֣יד אֶת־ חָרְבֹתָ֔יו וְלָֽתֶת־ לָ֣נוּ
NAS: to restore its ruins and to give
KJV: and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give
INT: of our God to restore ruins give A wall

Job 3:14
HEB: אָ֑רֶץ הַבֹּנִ֖ים חֳרָב֣וֹת לָֽמוֹ׃
NAS: Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
KJV: which built desolate places for themselves;
INT: of the earth rebuilt ruins

Psalm 9:6
HEB: הָֽאוֹיֵ֨ב ׀ תַּ֥מּוּ חֳרָב֗וֹת לָ֫נֶ֥צַח וְעָרִ֥ים
NAS: in perpetual ruins, And You have uprooted
KJV: O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual
INT: enemy has come ruins perpetual the cities

Psalm 102:6
HEB: הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּכ֣וֹס חֳרָבֽוֹת׃
NAS: like an owl of the waste places.
KJV: I am like an owl of the desert.
INT: have become an owl of the waste

Psalm 109:10
HEB: וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּ וְ֝דָרְשׁ֗וּ מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: And let them seek [sustenance] far from their ruined homes.
KJV: let them seek [their bread] also out of their desolate places.
INT: and beg seek their ruined

Isaiah 5:17
HEB: כְבָשִׂ֖ים כְּדָבְרָ֑ם וְחָרְב֥וֹת מֵחִ֖ים גָּרִ֥ים
NAS: will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.
KJV: after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones
INT: the lambs their pasture the waste of the wealthy and strangers

Isaiah 44:26
HEB: יְהוּדָה֙ תִּבָּנֶ֔ינָה וְחָרְבוֹתֶ֖יהָ אֲקוֹמֵֽם׃
NAS: And I will raise up her ruins [again].
KJV: and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
INT: of Judah shall be built her ruins Confirming

Isaiah 48:21
HEB: וְלֹ֣א צָמְא֗וּ בָּחֳרָבוֹת֙ הֽוֹלִיכָ֔ם מַ֥יִם
NAS: when He led them through the deserts. He made the water
KJV: not [when] he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters
INT: did not thirst the deserts led the water

Isaiah 49:19
HEB: כִּ֤י חָרְבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ וְשֹׁ֣מְמֹתַ֔יִךְ וְאֶ֖רֶץ
NAS: For your waste and desolate
KJV: For thy waste and thy desolate places,
INT: For your waste and desolate land

Isaiah 51:3
HEB: נִחַם֙ כָּל־ חָרְבֹתֶ֔יהָ וַיָּ֤שֶׂם מִדְבָּרָהּ֙
NAS: all her waste places. And her wilderness
KJV: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make
INT: will comfort all her waste will make wilderness

Isaiah 52:9
HEB: רַנְּנוּ֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו חָרְב֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כִּֽי־
NAS: together, You waste places of Jerusalem;
KJV: together, ye waste places of Jerusalem:
INT: shout together You waste of Jerusalem for

Isaiah 58:12
HEB: וּבָנ֤וּ מִמְּךָ֙ חָרְב֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם מוֹסְדֵ֥י
NAS: the ancient ruins; You will raise
KJV: the old waste places: thou shalt raise up
INT: will rebuild at ruins the ancient the foundations

Isaiah 61:4
HEB: וּבָנוּ֙ חָרְב֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם שֹׁמְמ֥וֹת
NAS: the ancient ruins, They will raise
KJV: the old wastes, they shall raise up
INT: will rebuild ruins the ancient devastations

Isaiah 64:11
HEB: מַחֲמַדֵּ֖ינוּ הָיָ֥ה לְחָרְבָּֽה׃
NAS: have become a ruin.
KJV: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
INT: our precious have become A ruin

Jeremiah 7:34
HEB: כַּלָּ֑ה כִּ֥י לְחָרְבָּ֖ה תִּהְיֶ֥ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: for the land will become a ruin.
KJV: for the land shall be desolate.
INT: of the bride for A ruin will become the land

Jeremiah 22:5
HEB: יְהוָ֔ה כִּי־ לְחָרְבָּ֥ה יִֽהְיֶ֖ה הַבַּ֥יִת
NAS: house will become a desolation.'
KJV: that this house shall become a desolation.
INT: the LORD for A desolation will become house

Jeremiah 25:9
HEB: לְשַׁמָּ֣ה וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֔ה וּלְחָרְב֖וֹת עוֹלָֽם׃
NAS: and an everlasting desolation.
KJV: and perpetual desolations.
INT: A horror hissing desolation and an everlasting

Jeremiah 25:11
HEB: הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את לְחָרְבָּ֖ה לְשַׁמָּ֑ה וְעָ֨בְד֜וּ
NAS: land will be a desolation and a horror,
KJV: And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment;
INT: land will be a desolation horror will serve

Jeremiah 25:18
HEB: לָתֵ֨ת אֹתָ֜ם לְחָרְבָּ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה לִשְׁרֵקָ֥ה
NAS: to make them a ruin, a horror,
KJV: thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment,
INT: princes to make A ruin A horror A hissing

Jeremiah 27:17
HEB: הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את חָרְבָּֽה׃
NAS: city become a ruin?
KJV: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
INT: city likewise desolation

Jeremiah 44:2
HEB: יְהוּדָ֑ה וְהִנָּ֤ם חָרְבָּה֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה
NAS: day they are in ruins and no one
KJV: and, behold, this day they [are] a desolation, and no man dwelleth
INT: of Judah are in ruins day this

Jeremiah 44:6
HEB: יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וַתִּהְיֶ֛ינָה לְחָרְבָּ֥ה לִשְׁמָמָ֖ה כַּיּ֥וֹם
NAS: so they have become a ruin and a desolation
KJV: of Jerusalem; and they are wasted [and] desolate,
INT: of Jerusalem have A ruin desolation day

Jeremiah 44:22
HEB: וַתְּהִ֣י אַ֠רְצְכֶם לְחָרְבָּ֨ה וּלְשַׁמָּ֧ה וְלִקְלָלָ֛ה
NAS: has become a ruin, an object of horror
KJV: therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment,
INT: has become your land A ruin an object curse

42 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2723
42 Occurrences

be·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
bā·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ — 2 Occ.
ḥā·rə·bāh — 2 Occ.
ḥā·rə·bāh — 4 Occ.
ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ — 3 Occ.
ḥā·rə·ḇō·ṯāw — 1 Occ.
ḥā·rə·ḇō·ṯa·yiḵ — 1 Occ.
ḥā·rə·ḇō·ṯe·hā — 1 Occ.
ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ — 5 Occ.
he·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ — 2 Occ.
kā·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
lə·ḥā·rə·bāh — 9 Occ.
lə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ — 3 Occ.
mê·ḥā·rə·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥā·rə·bāh — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā — 1 Occ.
wə·he·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·le·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ — 1 Occ.