Horeb — the meaning of the Hebrew name חֹרֵב

חֹרֵב

Chôrêb · pronounced kho-rabe' · Strong's H2722 · a place

Horeb means desolate.

Built from

חָרַב chârab (from, H2717) — to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H2717; desolate; Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains.

First appearance

Exod 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. (KJV)

Every verse that names Horeb

17 occurrences in 17 verses — Exodus, Deuteronomy, 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Psalms, Malachi

Exod 3:1Exod 17:6Exod 33:6Deut 1:2Deut 1:6Deut 1:19Deut 4:10Deut 4:15Deut 5:2Deut 9:8Deut 18:16Deut 28:691Kgs 8:91Kgs 19:82Chr 5:10Ps 106:19Mal 3:22

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