Lexicon choreph: harvest time, autumn Original Word: חֹ֫רֶףPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: choreph Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-ref) Short Definition: winter NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definitionharvest time, autumn NASB Translationautumn (1), prime (1), winter (5).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חֹ֫רֶף noun masculine harvest-time, autumn (Arabic  freshly gathered fruit, autumn (also rain of autumn or beginning of winter) = Sabean חֿרפ (ןׅ DHM ZMG 1875, xxix. 597; Sabean חֿרף, חֿרפם = year, compare Ethiopic  annus currens Os (Levy) ZMG 1865, 168, 174 DHM ZMG 1883, 369; Assyrian —arpu, Schr JPTh 1875, 341 KAT 253n. = COT i. 54 n.) — absolute ׳ח Zechariah 14:8 5t.; suffix חָרְמִּי Job 29:4; — קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף Genesis 8:22 (J), Psalm 74:17; Zechariah 14:8; ׳בֵּית הַח autumn-house or palace Amos 3:15; Jeremiah 36:22 (+ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁיעִי in the 9th month, i.e. Nov-Dec.); ׳מח עָצֵל לֹא יַחֲרשׁ Proverbs 20:4 a sluggard ploughs not after harvest; as implying maturity, בִּימֵי חָרְמִּי Job 29:4 in the days of my autumn (prime). Strong's cold, winter house, youth From charaph.; properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age -- cold, winter (-house), youth. see HEBREW charaph. |
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