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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #2756 - חָרִיף
Transliteration
Chârîyph
Phonetics
khaw-reef'
Origin
from (H2778)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Hariph = "a plucking off"
- head of a family of exiles returning with Zerubbabel
- a head of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (2)
Nehemiah
2
BSB (2)
Nehemiah
2
CSB (1)
Nehemiah
2
ESV (2)
Nehemiah
2
KJV (2)
Nehemiah
2
LEB (2)
Nehemiah
2
LSB (2)
Nehemiah
2
N95 (2)
Nehemiah
2
NAS (2)
Nehemiah
2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Nehemiah
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
חָרִף, חָרִיף proper name, masculine (compare Arabic
autumn, see חֹרֶף above) —
1חָרִף head of a family of returned exiles Nehemiah 7:24 (ᵐ5 Αρειφ, ᵐ5 L Ιωρηε) = יוֺרָה (compare יוֺרָה early rain) Ezra 2:18 (ᵐ5 Ουρα, A Ιωρα, ᵐ5 L Ωραι).
2חָרִיף one of those sealed Nehemiah 10:20 ᵐ5 Αρειφ(α), ᵐ5 L Αρηφ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
חָרִיף (Arabic خَرِيفُ “autumnal showers,” from חֹרֶף autumn), [Hariph], pr.n. of a man, Nehemiah 7:24, 10:20. Instead of this, there occurs in Ezra 2:18, יוֹרָה (also signifying autumnal showers).
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List of Word Forms
חָרִ֔יף חָרִ֥יף חריף chaRif ḥā·rîp̄ ḥārîp̄