Lexical Definition

‎חָרוֹן‎ chârôwn (khaw-rone') burning anger ^H:N-M
or (shortened) חָרֹן chârôn (khaw-rone'); from ‎חָרָה‎

sore displeasure, fierce(-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath(-ful).

• a burning of anger

1) anger, heat, burning (of anger)
1a) always used of God's anger

See Greek: θυμός · θυμός · ὀργή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָרוֺן‎ noun masculine (burning of) anger (compare Lag^{BN 204 Anm. *} *) — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ezek 7:12 + 2 t.; construct ‎חֲרוֺן‎ Num 25:4 + 33 t.; suffix ‎חֲרוֺנִי‎ Ezek 7:14 (Co ‎חרון‎), ‎חֲרוֺגוֺ‎ Ps 2:5 ‎חֲרֹנְךָ‎ Exod 15:7 plural suffix ‎חֲרוֺנֶי֑ךָ‎ Ps 88:17* — always of God's anger (see note, below), ‎חֲרוֺן אף‎ Exod 32:12; Num 25:4; Num 32:14; Josh 7:26 (J), Deut 13:18*; 1Sam 28:18; 2Kgs 23:26; 2Chr 28:11; 2Chr 28:13; 2Chr 29:10; 2Chr 30:8; Ezra 10:14; Hos 11:9; Nah 1:6; Zeph 2:2; Zeph 3:8; Isa 13:9; Isa 13:13; Jer 4:8; Jer 4:26; Jer 12:13; Jer 25:37; Jer 25:38; Jer 30:24; Jer 49:37; Jer 51:45; Jonah 3:9; Ps 69:25*; Ps 78:49; Ps 85:4*; Job 20:23; Lam 1:12; Lam 4:11 ‎אף‎ omitted, Exod 15:7 (song), Neh 13:18; Ps 2:5; Ezek 7:12 (strike out Co), vEzek 7:14 plural bursts of burning anger Ps 88:17*. —

Note: ‎כְּמוֺחָֿרוֺן‎ Ps 58:10* burning anger ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Jerome AV Bae Che; but Thes MV SS DeW Ew Ol Pe, something burning, e.g. thorns, antith. green thorns; Hengst De cooked flesh, antith. raw; Jer 25:38 ‎הַיּוֺנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎מפני ח‎ because of the fierceness of the oppressor (? AV) would then be the only use of the word of other than God's anger; here ᵐ5 ᵑ7 Ew Hi Gf Ke Che Gie RV rightly read ‎חרב‎ oppressing sword (as Jer 46:16; Jer 50:16). ‎חרון‎ is not used in H P D² or E (except song, Exod 15:7) of the Hexateuch; nor in Ezekiel except Ezek 7:12 (strike out Co), vEzek 7:14.

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