Strong's Hebrew · H2738
חָרוּל
chârûwl · khaw-rool'
Definitionproperly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed
Derivationor (shortened) חָרֻל; apparently, a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly;
KJV usagenettle.
Occurrences3 in the KJV · 3 verses
חָרוּל in Scripture
Job 30:7
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
Proverbs 24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.