cho.resh is a place-name in David’s wilderness account and a common noun for a wooded setting.

The dominant attested use is a proper place-name where David remains, Jonathan meets him, and the Ziphites locate his hiding place. In common-noun forms, it describes a wooded or tree-covered setting: areas where buildings are made, a cedar’s shading, and forsaken places.

1. Named location in David’s flight · dominant

   The proper-noun forms designate the place where David remained while Saul sought him in 1 Samuel 23:15, where Jonathan went to David in 1 Samuel 23:16, and where David stayed after the covenant in 1 Samuel 23:18. In 1 Samuel 23:19, the Ziphites describe David as hiding in strongholds at that same named location; the APB renders it “the Horesh.”

   1 Samuel 23:151 Samuel 23:161 Samuel 23:181 Samuel 23:19
2. Wooded or tree-covered setting · common

   The common-noun forms occur in descriptions of terrain and trees: in 2 Chronicles 27:4 the APB renders the setting “the wooded areas” where fortresses and towers were built; in Ezekiel 31:3 it describes a cedar as “shading with Horesh.” In Isaiah 17:9, the APB renders forsaken places as being “in the Horesh.”

   2 Chronicles 27:4Ezekiel 31:3Isaiah 17:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the proper-noun occurrences as “the Horesh.” For common-noun occurrences it varies among “the wooded areas,” “shading with Horesh,” and “in the Horesh”; These renderings are read alongside the supplied morphology and clauses.