HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2721
חֹ֫רֶב
cho.rev — drought
1) dryness, drought, heat 1a) dryness 1b) drought 1c) parching heat
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Drought
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1226
בַּצֹּרֶת
bats.tso.ret — drought
dearth, drought, destitution
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2725
חֵרָבוֹן
cha.ra.von — drought
drought
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8514
תַּלְאֻבָה
tal.u.vah — drought
drought
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6106
ἀβροχία
abrochia — drought
drought
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H398
אָכַל
a.khal — to eat
1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume Aramaic equivalent: a.khal (אֲכַל "to devour" H0399)
643 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6723
צִיָּה
tsiy.yah — dryness
dryness, drought, desert
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6886
צָֽרְפַת
tsa.re.phat — Zarephath
Zarephath = "refinery" a city on the coast south of Sidon and the residence of Elijah during the last part of the drought; modern 'Sura-fend' Also named: Sarepta (Σάρεπτα "Zarephath" G4558)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3747
כְּרִית
ke.rit — Cherith
§ Cherith = "cutting" the brook where Elijah was hidden during a drought; east of Jordan
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G850
αὐχμηρός
auchmēros — dingy
αὐχμηρός, -ά, -όν (αὐχμός, drought); 1. dry 2. squalid, dismal: 2Pe.1:19 (MM, see word).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6613
αὐχμός
auchmos — squalid
1. drought , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. the effects of drought, squalor , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6614
αὐχμώδης
auchmōdēs — austere
looking dry, squalid , κόμη (Euripides): τὸ αὐχμῶδες drought , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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From the middle of May to about the middle of August the land of Palestine is dry. It is then the “drought of summer” (Gen. 31:40; Ps. 32:4), and the land suffers (Deut. 28:23: Ps. 102:4), vegetation being preserved only by the dews (Hag. 1:11). (See DEW.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.