הֲרֵגָה
harega · slaughter
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2028 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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harega (הֲרֵגָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “slaughter”.
A great killing.
How to say it
ha·re·ga
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Death of many at once.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Slaughter ×4
- killing ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 7:32
Therefore look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when it will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter; and they will bury in Topheth for lack of room.
- Jeremiah 12:3
But you, YHWH, know me; you see me, and you have tested my heart with you. Drag them off like sheep to the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of killing.
- Jeremiah 19:6
Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter.
- Zechariah 11:4
Thus says YHWH my Elohim: “Shepherd the sheep of slaughter,
- Zechariah 11:7
So I shepherded the sheep of slaughter, therefore, the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: one I called Pleasantness, and the other I called Bonds; and I shepherded the sheep.