חֹ֫רֶשׁ
cho.resh
“Horesh”
Definition
a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)
from H2790 (חָרַשׁ);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
חֹ֫רֶשׁ appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
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