חֶ֫רֶס
che.res
“sun”
Definition
the itch; the sun
or (with a directive enclitic) חַרְסָה; from an unused root meaning to scrape; also perhaps from the mediating idea of H2777 (חַרְסוּת)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
חֶ֫רֶס appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson:“What is sweeter than honey?And what is stronger than a lion?”So he said to them:“If you had not plowed with my heifer,you would not have solved my riddle!”
He commands the sun not to shine;He seals off the stars.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.