2793 - choresh

Strong's Concordance

Original word: חֹ֫רֶשׁ
Transliteration: choresh
Definition (short): Horesh
Definition (full): Horesh -- a forest

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: of uncertain derivation
Definition: wood, wooded height
NASB Translation: forest (2), Horesh (4), wooded (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From charash; a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric) -- bough, forest, shroud, wood.

see HEBREW charash

KJV: And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
NASB: Now David became aware that Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.
KJV: And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
NASB: And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and encouraged him in God.
KJV: And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
NASB: So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house.
KJV: Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
NASB: Then Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
KJV: Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
NASB: Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills.