Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2793
חֹ֫רֶשׁ
cho.resh · “Horesh”
Used 7 times across 4 books
Definition
This name means wood, forest
Where it appears
1 Samuel4
2 Chronicles1
Isaiah1
Ezekiel1
In the text
1 Samuel 23:15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.1 Samuel 23:18And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.1 Samuel 23:19Then 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 27:4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.Isaiah 17:9In 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 31:3Behold, 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.
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