Dry
חָרֵבStrong’s H2720charev (cha-rev)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Charev is the Hebrew word usually translated “desolate”, “wasted” and “dry”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.”
Meaning
- Dry
- Waste, desolate
How it's translated
- desolate 6
- wasted 2
- and dry 1
- dry 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Ezekiel 2
- Haggai 2
- Leviticus 1
- Proverbs 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 2:3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
- Nehemiah 2:17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
- Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
- Jeremiah 33:10Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
- Jeremiah 33:12Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
- Ezekiel 36:35And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
Hebrew dictionary
חָרֵב charev · dry
dry
חָרֵב charev · desolate
waste, desolate
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dry” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DRY, adjective
[See the Verb.]
- Destitute of moisture; free from water or wetness; arid; not moist; as dry land; dry clothes.
- Not rainy; free from rain or mist; as dry weather; a dry March or April.
- Not juicy; free from juice, sap or aqueous matter; not green; as dry wood; dry stubble; dry hay; dry leaves.
- Without tears; as dry eyes; dry mourning.
All definitions and other forms of “dry”
- Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry
- Thirsty; craving drink.
- Barren; jejune; plain; unembellished; destitute of pathos, or of that which amuses and interests; as a dry style; a dry subject; a dry discussion.
- Severe; sarcastic; wiping; as a dry remark or repartee; a dry run.
- Severe; wiping; as a dry blow; a dry basting.
- dry goods, in commerce, cloths, stuffs, silks, laces, ribbons, etc., in distinction from groceries.
DRY, verb transitive
[G., to dry to wipe; Gr., Latin See dry The primary sense is to wipe, rub, scour.]
- To free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; originally by wiping, as to dry the eyes; to exsiccate.
- To deprive of moisture by evaporation or exhalation; as, the sun dries a cloth; wind dries the earth.
- To deprive of moisture by exposure to the sun or open air.
- To deprive of natural juice, sap or greenness; as, to dry hay or plants.
- To scorch or parch with thirst; with up.“Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst” Isaiah 5:13
- To deprive of water by draining; to drain; to exhaust; as, to dry a meadow.
DRY, verb intransitive
- To grow dry; to lose moisture; to become free from moisture or juice.
- To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; sometimes with up; as, the stream dries or dries up.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.