What does חָרוֹן (ḥārwōn) mean in the Bible?
חָרוֹן (ḥārwōn): Intense, consuming anger—often God's wrathful response to covenant violation or idolatry
Hebrew · H2740
חָרוֹן
A burning of anger
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חָרוֹן H2740
Pronunciation ḥārwōn
What does חָרוֹן (ḥārwōn) mean in the Bible?
חָרוֹן (ḥārwōn): Intense, consuming anger—often God's wrathful response to covenant violation or idolatry
Full entry for חָרוֹן (H2740) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2740?
The BSB source-word alignment has 41 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include His fierce (2), His fury (2), so that His fierce anger (2), the burning (2), the fierce anger (2).
Where does חָרוֹן (ḥārwōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 15:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (9), Psalms (6), 2 Chronicles (4), Exodus (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It His fierce 2× Jeremiah 4:26, Lamentations 4:11
His fury 2× Job 20:23, Psalms 78:49
so that His fierce anger 2× 2 Chronicles 29:10, 2 Chronicles 30:8
the burning 2× Numbers 32:14, Zephaniah 2:2
the fierce anger 2× 2 Chronicles 28:11, Jeremiah 30:24
and burning anger 1× Isaiah 13:9
and fierce anger 1× 2 Chronicles 28:13
and let Your burning anger 1× Psalms 69:24
because of the fierce 1× Jeremiah 12:13
burning anger 1× Jeremiah 25:37
dry 1× Psalms 58:9
even My fierce 1× Jeremiah 49:37
fierce 1× Numbers 25:4
from His burning anger 1× Joshua 7:26
from His fierce 1× Jonah 3:9
from the fierce 1× Jeremiah 51:45
from the fury 1× 2 Kings 23:26
from Your fierce 1× Exodus 32:12
His burning 1× 1 Samuel 28:18
His burning anger 1× Nahum 1:6
His fierce anger 1× Deuteronomy 13:17
His wrath 1× Nehemiah 13:18
in His fury 1× Psalms 2:5
My burning anger 1× Zephaniah 3:8
My wrath 1× Ezekiel 7:14
of His burning anger 1× Isaiah 13:13
of His fierce 1× Lamentations 1:12
of the fierce 1× Jeremiah 25:38
the fierce 1× Jeremiah 4:8
the full fury 1× Hosea 11:9
the sword 1× Jeremiah 25:38
until the fierce anger 1× Ezra 10:14
wrath 1× Ezekiel 7:12
Your burning anger 1× Psalms 85:3
Your burning wrath 1× Exodus 15:7
Your wrath 1× Psalms 88:16
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 15:7 חֲרֹ֣נְךָ֔ to Your burning wrath Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Exodus 32:12 מֵחֲר֣וֹן to from Your fierce Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 25:4 חֲר֥וֹן to fierce Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 32:14 חֲר֥וֹן to the burning Noun - masculine singular construct Deuteronomy 13:17 מֵחֲר֣וֹן to His fierce anger Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Joshua 7:26 מֵחֲר֣וֹן to from His burning anger Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 1 Samuel 28:18 חֲרוֹן־ to His burning Noun - masculine singular construct 2 Kings 23:26 מֵחֲר֤וֹן to from the fury Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 2 Chronicles 28:11 חֲר֥וֹן to the fierce anger Noun - masculine singular construct 2 Chronicles 28:13 וַחֲר֥וֹן to and fierce anger Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
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First aligned row Exodus 15:7
Aligned rows 41
Books represented 19
Exodus 2 Numbers 2 Deuteronomy 1 Joshua 1 1 Samuel 1 2 Kings 1 2 Chronicles 4 Ezra 1 Nehemiah 1 Job 1 Psalms 6 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 9 Lamentations 2 Ezekiel 2 Hosea 1 Jonah 1 Nahum 1 Zephaniah 2
Source forms
חֲר֥וֹן 12x ḥă·rō·wn Numbers 25:4, Numbers 32:14, 2 Chronicles 28:11, 2 Chronicles 29:10
חֲר֣וֹן 5x ḥă·rō·wn Job 20:23, Jeremiah 25:38, Lamentations 4:11, Hosea 11:9
מֵחֲר֣וֹן 3x mê·ḥă·rō·wn Exodus 32:12, Deuteronomy 13:17, Joshua 7:26
וַחֲר֥וֹן 2x wa·ḥă·rō·wn 2 Chronicles 28:13, Psalms 69:24
חֲרוֹן֙ 2x ḥă·rō·wn Jeremiah 30:24, Zephaniah 2:2
מֵחֲר֥וֹן 2x mê·ḥă·rō·wn Psalms 85:3, Jonah 3:9
מֵחֲר֖וֹן 2x mê·ḥă·rō·wn Jeremiah 12:13, Jeremiah 51:45
בַּחֲר֣וֹן 1x ba·ḥă·rō·wn Nahum 1:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct 22x Numbers 25:4, Numbers 32:14, 1 Samuel 28:18, 2 Chronicles 28:11
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 8x Exodus 32:12, Deuteronomy 13:17, Joshua 7:26, 2 Kings 23:26
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 3x 2 Chronicles 28:13, Psalms 69:24, Isaiah 13:9
Noun - masculine singular 3x Nehemiah 13:18, Psalms 58:9, Ezekiel 7:12
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 1x Psalms 2:5
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular 1x Psalms 88:16
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular 1x Ezekiel 7:14
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular 1x Exodus 15:7
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Intense, consuming anger—often God's wrathful response to covenant violation or idolatry
Source Gloss
a burning of anger
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Intense, consuming anger—often God's wrathful response to covenant violation or idolatry
a burning of anger BDB: anger Usage: sore displeasure, fierce(-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath(-ful).
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
God's burning anger kindled against Judah for their unfaithfulness and idolatry
The psalmist's appeal for God's burning anger to fall upon his enemies and persecutors
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 41 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
חָרוֹן is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain