חָרַץ
cha.rats
“to decide”
Definition
properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide
a primitive root;
- to cut, sharpen, decide, decree, determine, maim, move, be decisive, be mutilated 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to cut, mutilate 1a2) to sharpen 1a3) to decide 1b) (Niphal) to be decisive
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
חָרַץ appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.”And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have pronounced it on yourself.”
Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”
Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea,only a remnant will return.Destruction has been decreed,overflowing with righteousness.
So now, do not mock,or your shackles will become heavier.Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hostsa decree of destruction against the whole land.
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