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Lexicon :: Strong's H1639 - gāraʿ

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גָּרַע
Transliteration
gāraʿ
Pronunciation
gaw-rah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 384

Strong’s Definitions

גָּרַע gâraʻ, gaw-rah'; a primitive root; to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold:—abate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H1639 in the following manner: diminish (8x), take (3x), ...away (2x), restrain (2x), abated (1x), keep back (1x), clipped (1x), minish (1x), small (1x), withdraweth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H1639 in the following manner: diminish (8x), take (3x), ...away (2x), restrain (2x), abated (1x), keep back (1x), clipped (1x), minish (1x), small (1x), withdraweth (1x).

  1. to diminish, restrain, withdraw, abate, keep back, do away, take from, clip

    1. (Qal)

      1. to diminish

      2. to restrain

      3. to withdraw

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be withdrawn

      2. to be restrained

    3. (Piel) to withdraw, draw up

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּרַע gâraʻ, gaw-rah'; a primitive root; to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold:—abate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.
STRONGS H1639: Abbreviations
† [גָּרַע] verb diminish, restrain, withdraw (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּרַע Ifrg shave head, etc.; compare جَرِعَ swallow) —
Qal Imperfect יִגְרַע Job 36:7, יִגְרָ֑ע Exodus 21:10; + 2nd person masculine singular תִּגְרַע Deuteronomy 13:1 + 3 times; אֶגְרַע Ezekiel 5:11 (but compare below), וָאֶגְרַע Ezekiel 16:27; תִּגְרְעוּ Exodus 5:8 + 2 times; Infinitive לִגְרֹעַ Ecclesiastes 3:14; Participle גְּרוּעָה Isaiah 15:2 (so Baer; v. d. H. גְּדוּעָה see גדע), גְּרֻעָה Jeremiah 48:37; —
1. diminish, usually followed by מִן Exodus 5:8, 19 (the tale of bricks), Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 13:1 (in both, word of י׳; opposed to הוסיף) compare Ecclesiastes 3:14, and also Jeremiah 26:2 (with accusative); with accusative also Exodus 21:10 (food etc.) compare Ezekiel 16:27; Passive participle diminished, clipped, of beard, Jeremiah 48:37 and Isaiah 15:2 (so Baer, rightly, compare his note and see H1438 גדע).
2. restrain Job 15:4 (with accusative שִׂיחָה meditation, devotion), Job 15:8 (with accusative חָכְמָה, followed by אֵלֶיךָ, i.e. unto, for thyself, monopolize; De Di Da render draw unto thyself, appropriate; Schult. compare Arabic swallow, compare Ew saugst zu dir ein Weisheit).
3. withdraw Job 36:7 (object עַיִן, eye, followed by מִן); Ezekiel 5:11 absolute (si vera lectio); Co. reads אֶתְגָּרֶה, for אֶגְרַע, on internal grounds; others: withdraw (thy needs) Sm (compare Ezekiel 16:27); withdraw (mine eye) Ges Ke.
Niph. Perfect וְנִגְרַע consecutive Leviticus 27:18; וְנִגְרְעָה Numbers 36:3; Imperfect יִגָּרַע Numbers 27:4; Numbers 36:4, יִגָּרֵ֑עַ Numbers 36:3; 1st person plural נִגָּרַע Numbers 9:7; Participle נִגְרָע Exodus 5:11; —
1. be withdrawn with מִן Numbers 36:3 (twice in verse); Numbers 36:4 (inheritance, נחלה); Numbers 27:4 a name out of a family; Exodus 5:11 (מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶם דָּבָר); impersonal Leviticus 27:18 (abatement shall be made).
2. be restrained followed by infinitive Numbers 9:7. Pi. Imperfect יְגָרַע Job 36:27 withdraw = draw up with accusative נִטְפֵימָֿ֑יִם compare Di (on other hand, De and others draw down, let down).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

5:8; 5:8; 5:11; 5:11; 5:19; 21:10; 21:10

Leviticus

27:18; 27:18

Numbers

9:7; 9:7; 27:4; 27:4; 36:3; 36:3; 36:3; 36:4; 36:4

Deuteronomy

4:2; 13:1; 13:1

Job

15:4; 15:8; 36:7; 36:7; 36:27

Ecclesiastes

3:14; 3:14

Isaiah

15:2; 15:2

Jeremiah

26:2; 48:37; 48:37

Ezekiel

5:11; 5:11; 16:27; 16:27; 16:27

H1639

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1639 matches the Hebrew גָּרַע (gāraʿ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:10 - If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:18 - But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee, the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:7 - and said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:4 - Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - Now suppose they marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into. And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:4 - When the Year of Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their property will be taken from the tribal inheritance of our ancestors.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:2 - Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:32 - See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:4 - But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:8 - Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7 - He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:27 - “He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams[fn];

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:14 - I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2 - “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the LORD’s house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship in the house of the LORD. Tell them everything I command you; do not omit a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - Every head is shaved and every beard cut off; every hand is slashed and every waist is covered with sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your vile images and detestable practices, I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - So I stretched out my hand against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were shocked by your lewd conduct.
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