Definition
or חָרֻץ; passive participle of H2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
Traditional renderings: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
Traditional renderings: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָרוּץ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
19 total
- Leviticus 22:22חָר֣וּץ · maimedYou are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.
- Job 41:30חָר֣וּץ · like a threshing sledgeHis undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
- Psalm 68:13חָרֽוּץ׃ · goldThough you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
- Proverbs 3:14וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץ · than fine gold…for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
- Proverbs 8:10מֵחָר֥וּץ · goldReceive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
- Proverbs 8:19מֵחָר֣וּץ · than goldMy fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
- Proverbs 10:4חָרוּצִ֣ים · but diligentIdle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Proverbs 12:24חָרוּצִ֥ים · of the diligentThe hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- Proverbs 12:27חָרֽוּץ׃ · but a diligentA lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.
- Proverbs 13:4חָרֻצִ֣ים · of the diligentThe slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 16:16מֵחָר֑וּץ · than goldHow much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Proverbs 21:5חָ֭רוּץ · of the diligentThe plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
- Isaiah 28:27בֶֽחָרוּץ֙ · with a sledgeSurely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
- Isaiah 41:15חָר֣וּץ · [and] sharpBehold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
- Daniel 9:25וְחָר֔וּץ · and a trenchKnow and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
- Joel 3:14הֶֽחָר֑וּץ · of decision; הֶחָרֽוּץ׃ · of decisionMultitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
- Amos 1:3בַּחֲרֻצ֥וֹת · with sledgesThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
- Zechariah 9:3וְחָר֖וּץ · and goldTyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.