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hārag הָרַג ‘to kill’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

hārag v
1) to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to kill, slay
  1a2) to destroy, ruin
 1b) (Niphal) to be killed
 1c) (Pual) to be killed, be slain

Mentioned in Genesis 27:41, 20:4, 20:11, 4:25, 4:14, 4:15, 4:23, 4:8, 27:42, 34:25, 37:26, 37:20, 26:7, 49:6, 12:12, 34:26 Exodus 13:15, 32:12, 32:27, 2:14, 21:14, 23:7, 4:23, 5:21, 22:23, 2:15 Codex Leviticus 20:15, 20:16 Numbers 31:8, 22:33, 31:17, 11:15, 25:5, 22:29, 31:7, 31:19 Deuteronomy 13:10 Joshua 10:11, 13:22, 8:24, 9:26 Judges 9:5, 9:18, 9:56, 9:24, 9:45, 16:2, 8:19, 8:18, 8:17, 8:21, 7:25, 9:54, 8:20, 20:5 1 Samuel 24:12, 22:21, 24:11, 16:2, 24:19 2 Samuel 3:30, 4:12, 14:7, 12:9, 4:10, 4:11, 23:21, 10:18 1 Kings 2:32, 2:5, 12:27, 18:13, 18:14, 18:12, 19:1, 11:24, 19:10, 19:14, 9:16 2 Kings 8:12, 9:31, 10:9, 17:25, 11:18 Isaiah 14:30, 14:19, 22:13, 27:7, 10:4, 14:20, 26:21, 27:1 Jeremiah 4:31, 18:21, 15:3 Ezekiel 23:47, 28:9, 37:9, 26:15, 9:6, 26:6, 26:11, 23:10, 21:16, 26:8 Hosea 6:5, 9:13 Amos 9:1, 9:4, 2:3, 4:10 Habakkuk 1:17 Zechariah 11:5 Psalms 136:18, 59:12, 78:34, 78:31, 94:6, 78:47, 135:10, 10:8, 44:23 Proverbs 1:32, 7:26 Job 5:2, 20:16 Lamentations 2:20, 2:4, 2:21, 3:43 Ecclesiastes 3:3 Esther 3:13, 7:4, 8:11, 9:6, 9:12, 9:15, 9:16, 9:10, 9:11 Nehemiah 9:26, 4:5, 6:10 1 Chronicles 11:23, 19:18, 7:21 2 Chronicles 21:4, 21:13, 24:22, 25:3, 28:6, 28:9, 22:8, 22:1, 28:7, 23:17, 24:25, 36:17

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