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H2793Hebrew

חוֹרֶשׁ

Definition and meaning

choresh (kho'-resh) n-m. 1. a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric) [from H2790] KJV: bough, forest, shroud, wood. Root(s): H2790

Tagged KJV passages

7 matching verses - 7.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

1 Samuel 23:15

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

Matched English: wood1 Samuel 23:16

And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

Matched English: wood1 Samuel 23:18

And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

Matched English: wood1 Samuel 23:19

Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

Matched English: wood2 Chronicles 27:4

Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

Matched English: forestsIsaiah 17:9

In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

Matched English: boughEzekiel 31:3

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

Matched English: shroud