To roast
חָרַךְStrong’s H2760charakh (cha-rakh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Charakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “roasts”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to set in motion, start
- (CLBL) to roast
How it's translated
- he roasts 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חָרַךְ charakh · to roast
1) (Qal) to set in motion, start 2) (CLBL) to roast
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “roast” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROAST, verb transitive
[If the verb is from the noun, the sense is to dress or cook on a gridiron or grate, and rist, rost, coincide in elements with Latin rastellum, a rake. If the verb is the root, the sense probably is to contract or crisp, or to throw or agitate, hence to make rough.]
- To cook, dress or prepare meat for the table by exposing it to heat, as on a spit.
- To prepare for food by exposure to heat; as, to roast apples or potatoes; to roast eggs.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently.
- To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee.
All definitions and other forms of “roast”
- In metallurgy, to dissipate the volatile parts of ore by heat.
- In common discourse, to jeer; to banter severely.
ROAST, noun
That which is roasted.
ROAST, adjective
[for roasted.]
Roasted; as roast beef.
ROAST, noun
In the phrase, to rule the roast this word is a corrupt pronunciation.
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.