charar · burn, be scorched

What it means

charar (חָרַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “burn, be scorched”.

To burn, to be scorched, to dry up from heat.

How to say it

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

1. To be dried, scorched or blackened by fire or heat.
2. To stir up a quarrel or anger, as one fans a fire.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• charred ×3
• are burned ×1
• are scorched ×1
• blow fiercely ×1
• burn ×1
• kindling ×1
• may become red-hot ×1
• parched ×1
• were angry ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Job×1
• Psalms×2
• Proverbs×1
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×4

• Job 30:30

  My skin turns black on me, and my bones burn with heat.

• Psalms 69:3

  I am weary with my calling; my throat is parched; my eyes are consumed while waiting for my Elohim.

• Psalms 102:3

  For my days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones like a hearth are burned.

• Proverbs 26:21

  Charcoal for embers and wood for fire, and a man of quarrels for kindling strife.

• Song of Songs 1:6

  Do not look at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. The sons of my mother were angry with me; they set me to keep the vineyards; my vineyard, my own, I have not kept.

• Isaiah 24:6

  Therefore a curse devours the earth, and those who dwell in it are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few mortals are left.

• Jeremiah 6:29

  The bellows blow fiercely; by the fire the lead is consumed; in vain the refining goes on and on, and the evil are not drawn off.

• Ezekiel 15:4

  Look, it is given to the fire for fuel; its two ends the fire consumes, and its middle is charred. Is it useful for any work?

• Ezekiel 15:5

  Look, when it was whole, it was not made into anything useful; how much less when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into anything useful!”

• Ezekiel 24:10

  Heap up the wood, kindle the fire, finish the meat, and mix the spices, and let the bones be charred.

• Ezekiel 24:11

  And set it empty on its coals, so that it may get hot and its bronze may become red-hot, and its uncleanness may melt in its midst, its rust be consumed.