Strong’s definition
to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
KJV gloss list in the source
decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.
Source pronunciation notation: khaw-rab'
Derivation recorded by Strong
or חֲרֵב; a primitive root;
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