# חֹרֶשׁ (choresh)

Israeli respelling: cho-resh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2793. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)

King James renderings: bough, forest, shroud, wood.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/choresh-h2793

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 23:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/23/15) — And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
- [1 Samuel 23:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/23/16) — And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
- [1 Samuel 23:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/23/18) — And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
- [1 Samuel 23:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/23/19) — 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 Hachil…
- [2 Chronicles 27:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/27/4) — Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
- [Isaiah 17:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/17/9) — In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and…
- [Ezekiel 31:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/31/3) — Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among…