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title: חָרוֹן — anger · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרוֹן (2740), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 41 times: anger. BDB 1906: n.m. (burning of) anger. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרוֹן

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«חָרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **anger** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 41 times · **Key:** 2740 · **BDB:** חָרוֹן

### Glosses

the.burning (29); anger (4); burning (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

anger [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2740/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. (burning of) anger [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2740/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. (burning of) anger (cf. LagBN 204 Anm. )—ח׳ Ez 7:12 + 2 times; cstr. חֲרוֹן Nu 25:4 + 33 times; sf. חֲרוֹנִי Ez 7:14 (Co חרון), חֲרוֹנוֹ ψ 2:5; חֲרֹנְךָ Ex 15:7; pl. sf. חֲרוֹנֶי֑ךָ ψ 88:17;—always of God’s anger (v. note, infr.), חֲרוֹן אף Ex 32:12 Nu 25:4; 32:14 Jos 7:26 (J), Dt 13:18 1 S 28:18 2 K 23:26 2 Ch 28:11, 13; 29:10; 30:8 Ezr 10:14 Ho 11:9 Na 1:6 Zp 2:2; 3:8 Is 13:9, 13 Je 4:8, 26; 12:13; 25:37, 38; 30:24; 49:37; 51:45 Jon 3:9 ψ 69:25; 78:49; 85:4 Jb 20:23 La 1:12; 4:11; אף om., Ex 15:7 (song), Ne 13:18 ψ 2:5 Ez 7:12 (del. Co), v 14; pl. bursts of burning anger ψ 88:17.— כְּמוֹ־חָרוֹן ψ 58:10 burning anger 𝔊 𝔙 Jer AV Bae Che; but Thes MV SS DeW Ew Ol Pe, something burning, e.g. thorns, antith. green thorns; Hengst De cooked flesh, antith. raw; Je 25:38 מפני ח׳ הַיּוֹנָה because of the fierceness of the oppressor (? AV) would then be the only use of the word of other than God’s anger; here 𝔊 𝔗 Ew Hi Gf Ke Che Gie RV rightly read חרב oppressing sword (as 46:16; 50:16). חרון is not used in H P D 2 or E (except song, Ex 15:7) of the Hex; nor in Ez except 7:12 (del. Co), v 14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 40 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2740/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 85:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.85.4/)

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אָסַ֥פְתָּ כָל־עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ הֱ֝שִׁיב֗וֹתָ מֵחֲר֥וֹן אַפֶּֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* you.withdrew all fury your you.turned.back from the.burning your.anger your

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast withdrawn all Thy wrath; Thou hast turned from the fierceness of Thine anger.

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[Psalms 88:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.17/)

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עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* over me they.have.passed anger(s) your terrors your they have.destroyed.me

*JPS 1917:* Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

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