H2793: חֹרֶשׁ
chôresh · pronounced kho'-resh · “Horesh”
Definition
a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)
KJV translates it as: bough, forest, shroud, wood.
Word origin: from H2790 (חָרַשׁ);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2793 is translated
- horesh ×4
- forest ×2
- wooded areas ×1
Bible verses with H2793 (chôresh)
Chôresh appears in 7 verses.
- 1 Samuel 23:15
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
- 1 Samuel 23:16
And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
- 1 Samuel 23:18
And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
- 1 Samuel 23:19
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
- 2 Chronicles 27:4
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
- Isaiah 17:9
In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
- Ezekiel 31:3
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.