חֹרֶשׁ chôresh

Hebrew · Strong's H2793 · pronounced kho'-resh · used 7 times in 7 verses

Meaning

a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)

In the King James Version: bough, forest, shroud, wood.

Derivation: from H2790 (חָרַשׁ);

1 Samuel 23:15 While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
1 Samuel 23:16 And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
1 Samuel 23:18 So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
1 Samuel 23:19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
2 Chronicles 27:4 He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
Isaiah 17:9 In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
Ezekiel 31:3 Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.