Strong’s H2787 · Hebrew

חָרַר
chârar
khaw-rar'

Definition

to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • be angry
  • burn
  • dry
  • kindle

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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