To decide
חָרַץStrong’s H2782charats (cha-rats)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Charats is the Hebrew word usually translated “has been decided”, “determined” and “it will sharpen”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.”
Meaning
- To cut, sharpen, decide, decree, determine, maim, move, be decisive, be mutilated(Qal) · (Niphal) to be decisive
How it's translated
- and has been decided 3
- determined 2
- it will sharpen 1
- he sharpened 1
- you will act decisively 1
- you have decided 1
- decided 1
- decreed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 3
- Daniel 3
- Exodus 1
- Joshua 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Kings 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:27In contextAnd he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
- Daniel 11:36In contextAnd the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
- Exodus 11:7But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
- Joshua 10:21And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 5:24And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
- 1 Kings 20:40And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
Hebrew dictionary
חָרַץ charats · to decide
1) 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “decide” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DECI'DE, verb intransitive
To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion.
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.