To singe
חֲרַךְStrong’s H2787charakh (cha-rakh)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Charakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “it has burned”, “it has become parched” and “have been burned”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.”
Meaning
- (Ithpael) to singe
How it's translated
- it has burned 1
- it has become parched 1
- they have been burned 1
- to kindling 1
- they have diminished 1
- it puffs 1
- it is charred 1
- and it has been charred 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 4
- Psalms 2
- Job 1
- Proverbs 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 69:3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
- Psalms 102:3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
- Proverbs 26:21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
- Isaiah 24:6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
- Jeremiah 6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
- Ezekiel 15:4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
Hebrew dictionary
חֲרַךְ charakh · to singe
(Ithpael) to singe Aramaic of cha.rar (חָרַר "to scorch" H2787)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “singe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SINGE, verb transitive
sinj. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of a thing as the nap of cloth, or the hair of the skin; as, to singe off the beard. Thus riding on his curls, he seem'd to pass A rolling fire along, and singe the grass.
All definitions and other forms of “singe”
SINGE, noun
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
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.