2782. charats
Strong's Lexicon
charats: To decide, decree, determine, sharpen, or cut

Original Word: חָרַץ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: charats
Pronunciation: khaw-rats'
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-rats')
Definition: To decide, decree, determine, sharpen, or cut
Meaning: to point sharply, to wound, to be alert, to decide

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2919 - krinō: To judge, decide, or determine

- G2920 - krisis: Judgment, decision

Usage: The Hebrew verb "charats" primarily conveys the idea of making a decision or determination. It can also imply the act of cutting or sharpening, which metaphorically extends to making a decisive judgment or decree. In the context of biblical usage, it often refers to God's sovereign decisions or decrees, as well as human determinations.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of making a decision or decree was significant, as it often involved authority and finality. Decisions were not taken lightly, especially when they pertained to legal, moral, or spiritual matters. The act of sharpening or cutting was also a common metaphor for clarity and precision in decision-making.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to cut, sharpen, decide
NASB Translation
act promptly (1), bark* (1), decided (1), decisive (1), decreed (3), determined (3), maimed (1), uttered (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. חָרַץ verb cut, sharpen, decide (Late Hebrew id., cut in, decide, Aramaic in derivatives; Assyrian —arâƒu, dig, decide, —ariƒu, trench, ZehnpfBAS i. 502; Phoenician חרץ decision, HoffmAGG xxxvi, May 1889, 11) —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ח Joshua 10:21; חָרָ֑צְתָּ 1 Kings 20:40; Imperfect יֶחֱרַץֿ Exodus 11:7; 2masculine singular תֶּחֱרָ֑ץ 2 Samuel 5:24; Passive participle חָרוּץ Isaiah 10:22; Leviticus 22:22; plural חֲרוּצִים Job 14:5 (see also חָרוּץ below); —

1 cut, mutilate Leviticus 22:22 (עַוֶּרֶת אוֺ שָׁבוּר אוֺחָֿרוּץ אוֺ יַבֶּלֶת).

2 sharpen, figurative the tongue, כֶּֿלֶב לְשֹׁנוֺ לְ׳לֹא יֶח Exodus 11:7 (J), i.e. utter no sound against Israel, Joshua 10:21.

3 decide 1 Kings 20:40 (absolute); so participle pass חרוצים ימיו Job 14:5 his days are determined, fixed ("" מִסְמַּר חדשׁיו), Isaiah 10:22 ׳כִּלָּיוֺן ח; act with decision 2 Samuel 5:24.

Niph`al Participle נֶחֱרָצָה Isaiah 10:23 3t.; נֶחֱרֶצֶת Daniel 9:26 (both these forms infinitive construct according to BaNB 90); decisive ׳כָּלָה וְנֶח Isaiah 10:23; Isaiah 28:22; Daniel 9:27 a consumption and strict decision (i.e. that which is strictly determined), נֶעֱשָׂ֑תָה ׳כי נ Daniel 11:36; שֹׁמֵמוֺת ׳נח Daniel 9:26 strict determining of desolation.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim, move

A primitive root; properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide -- bestir self, decide, decree, determine, maim, move.

Forms and Transliterations
וְנֶ֣חֱרָצָ֔ה וְנֶחֱרָצָ֑ה וְנֶחֱרָצָ֜ה ונחרצה חֲרוּצִ֨ים ׀ חָר֖וּץ חָר֣וּץ חָרַ֞ץ חָרָֽצְתָּ׃ חרוץ חרוצים חרץ חרצת׃ יֶֽחֱרַץ־ יחרץ־ נֶחֱרֶ֖צֶת נֶחֱרָצָ֖ה נחרצה נחרצת תֶּחֱרָ֑ץ תחרץ chaRatz chaRatzeta chaRutz charuTzim ḥā·rā·ṣə·tā ḥā·raṣ ḥă·rū·ṣîm ḥā·rūṣ ḥāraṣ ḥārāṣətā ḥārūṣ ḥărūṣîm ne·ḥĕ·rā·ṣāh ne·ḥĕ·re·ṣeṯ necheraTzah necheRetzet neḥĕrāṣāh neḥĕreṣeṯ te·ḥĕ·rāṣ techeRatz teḥĕrāṣ venecheraTzah wə·ne·ḥĕ·rā·ṣāh wəneḥĕrāṣāh ye·ḥĕ·raṣ- yecheratz yeḥĕraṣ-
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Exodus 11:7
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֹ֤א יֶֽחֱרַץ־ כֶּ֙לֶב֙ לְשֹׁנ֔וֹ
NAS: a dog will not [even] bark, whether
KJV: shall not a dog move his tongue,
INT: of Israel not move A dog his tongue

Leviticus 22:22
HEB: שָׁב֜וּר אוֹ־ חָר֣וּץ אֽוֹ־ יַבֶּ֗לֶת
NAS: or maimed or
KJV: or broken, or maimed, or having a wen,
INT: fractured or maimed or A running

Joshua 10:21
HEB: בְּשָׁל֑וֹם לֹֽא־ חָרַ֞ץ לִבְנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
NAS: No one uttered a word
KJV: in peace: none moved his tongue
INT: peace No uttered of the sons of Israel

2 Samuel 5:24
HEB: הַבְּכָאִ֖ים אָ֣ז תֶּחֱרָ֑ץ כִּ֣י אָ֗ז
NAS: then you shall act promptly, for then
KJV: of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD
INT: of the balsam then shall act for then

1 Kings 20:40
HEB: מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖ךָ אַתָּ֥ה חָרָֽצְתָּ׃
NAS: be; you yourself have decided [it].
KJV: unto him, So [shall] thy judgment [be]; thyself hast decided [it].
INT: shall your judgment yourself have decided

Job 14:5
HEB: אִ֥ם חֲרוּצִ֨ים ׀ יָמָ֗יו מִֽסְפַּר־
NAS: his days are determined, The number
KJV: his days [are] determined, the number
INT: Since are determined his days the number

Isaiah 10:22
HEB: בּ֑וֹ כִּלָּי֥וֹן חָר֖וּץ שׁוֹטֵ֥ף צְדָקָֽה׃
NAS: A destruction is determined, overflowing
KJV: the consumption decreed shall overflow
INT: will return A destruction is determined overflowing righteousness

Isaiah 10:23
HEB: כִּ֥י כָלָ֖ה וְנֶחֱרָצָ֑ה אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙
NAS: For a complete destruction, one that is decreed, the Lord
KJV: a consumption, even determined, in the midst
INT: For A complete is decreed the Lord GOD

Isaiah 28:22
HEB: כִּֽי־ כָלָ֨ה וְנֶחֱרָצָ֜ה שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי מֵאֵ֨ת
NAS: of hosts Of decisive destruction
KJV: a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
INT: for destruction of decisive have heard the Lord

Daniel 9:26
HEB: קֵ֣ץ מִלְחָמָ֔ה נֶחֱרֶ֖צֶת שֹׁמֵמֽוֹת׃
NAS: desolations are determined.
KJV: of the war desolations are determined.
INT: to the end will be war are determined desolations

Daniel 9:27
HEB: וְעַד־ כָּלָה֙ וְנֶ֣חֱרָצָ֔ה תִּתַּ֖ךְ עַל־
NAS: a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured
KJV: even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured
INT: until A complete is decreed is poured and

Daniel 11:36
HEB: זַ֔עַם כִּ֥י נֶחֱרָצָ֖ה נֶעֱשָֽׂתָה׃
NAS: is finished, for that which is decreed will be done.
KJV: be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
INT: the indignation which is decreed will be done

12 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2782
12 Occurrences


ḥā·raṣ — 1 Occ.
ḥā·rā·ṣə·tā — 1 Occ.
ḥā·rūṣ — 2 Occ.
ḥă·rū·ṣîm — 1 Occ.
ne·ḥĕ·rā·ṣāh — 1 Occ.
ne·ḥĕ·re·ṣeṯ — 1 Occ.
te·ḥĕ·rāṣ — 1 Occ.
wə·ne·ḥĕ·rā·ṣāh — 3 Occ.
ye·ḥĕ·raṣ- — 1 Occ.
















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