Brown-Driver-Briggs   חַרְחַס  proper name, masculine grandfather of Shallum, who was husband of Huldah the prophetess 2 Kings 22:14. I. חרט (√ of following; Aramaic  Forms and Transliterations חַרְחַס֙ חרחס charChas ḥar·ḥas ḥarḥasLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts | 
 cut, scratch, tear; compare Arabic 
 peel off bark, strip off leaves (modern Arabic turn wood), 
 iron instrument for doing this). 


