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Lexicon :: Strong's H1644 - gāraš

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גָּרַשׁ
Transliteration
gāraš
Pronunciation
gaw-rash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 388

Strong’s Definitions

גָּרַשׁ gârash, gaw-rash'; a primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce:—cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, × surely put away, trouble, thrust out.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H1644 in the following manner: drive out (20x), cast out (8x), thrust out (6x), drive away (2x), put away (2x), divorced (2x), driven (1x), expel (1x), drive forth (1x), surely (1x), troubled (1x), cast up (1x), divorced woman (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H1644 in the following manner: drive out (20x), cast out (8x), thrust out (6x), drive away (2x), put away (2x), divorced (2x), driven (1x), expel (1x), drive forth (1x), surely (1x), troubled (1x), cast up (1x), divorced woman (1x).

  1. to drive out, expel, cast out, drive away, divorce, put away, thrust away, trouble, cast up

    1. (Qal) to thrust out, cast out

    2. (Niphal) to be driven away, be tossed

    3. (Piel) to drive out, drive away

    4. (Pual) to be thrust out

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּרַשׁ gârash, gaw-rash'; a primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce:—cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, × surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
STRONGS H1644: Abbreviations
† [גָּרַשׁ] verb drive out, cast out (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּרַשׁ Pa. Ithp. of divorce, MI19 ויגרשה) —
Qal Imperfect וַיִּגְרְשׁוּ Isaiah 57:20; Infinitive suffix מִגְרָשָׁהּ Ezekiel 36:5 below; Participle active גֹּרֵשׁ Exodus 34:11; passive feminine גְּרוּשָׁה Leviticus 21:7 + 4 times; — cast our, thrust out, י׳, the Amorites Exodus 34:11 (J E; with מִמְּנֵי); waters, mire and dirt רֶפֶשׁ וָטִיט Isaiah 57:20; passive only of divorced woman Leviticus 21:7 (followed by מֵאִישָׁהּ; elsewhere with אַלְמָנָה widow), Leviticus 21:14; Leviticus 22:13 (all H), Numbers 30:10 (P) Ezekiel 44:22. On מִגְרָשָׁהּ Ezekiel 36:5 as Aramaic Infinitive compare Ges§ 45 1. c. Köi 166; Co strike out, on internal grounds, compare Greek Version of the LXX
Niph. Perfect נִגְרָ֑שׁ Isaiah 57:20; 3rd person feminine singular וְנִגְרְשָׁה consecutive Amos 8:8; נִגְרַשְׁתִּי Jonah 2:5; — be driven away, followed by מִנֶּגֶד עֵינֶיךָ, i.e. from the presence of Yahweh Jonah 2:5; be driven, tossed, as the Nile Amos 8:8; of the sea Isaiah 57:20 rel. clause, אֲשֶׁר omitted, like the sea that is tossed.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְגֵרְשָׁה consecutive Exodus 23:28; גֵּרַשְׁתָּ Genesis 4:14, suffix 3rd person masculine plural וְגֵרַשְׁתָּמוֺ consecutive Exodus 23:31; וְגֵרַשְׁתִּ֫י Exodus 33:2, suffix גֵּרַשְׁתִּיהוּ Ezekiel 31:11 (so Targum Vulgate, not Greek Version of the LXX; compare Co's conjecture); וְגֵּרַשְׁתִּיו consecutive Numbers 22:11; 3rd person plural suffix גֵּרְשׁוּנִי 1 Samuel 26:19; Imperfect יְגָרֵשׁ Exodus 11:1, וַיְגָ֫רֶשׁ Genesis 3:24 + 6 times; suffix וַיְגָרֲשֵׁהוּ Psalm 34:1, יְגָָֽרֲשֵׁם Exodus 6:1; 2nd person masculine singular תְּגָרֵשׁ Psalm 80:9, וַתְּגָ֫רֶשׁ Joshua 24:12; אֲגָרֵשׁ Judges 2:3, וָֽאֲגָרֵשׁ Judges 6:9; suffix 3rd person masculine singular אֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּ Exodus 23:29,30; Numbers 22:6; אֲגָֽרֲשֵׁם Hosea 9:15; וַיְגָֽרֲשׁוּ Judges 11:2; יְגָרְשׁוּהָ Zephaniah 2:4, וַיְגָרְשׁוּם Exodus 2:17; 2nd person masculine plural תְּגָֽרֲשׁוּן Micah 2:9, וַתְּגָֽרֲשׁוּנִי Judges 11:7; Infinitive construct לְגָרֵשׁ 1 Chronicles 17:21 + || 2 Samuel 7:23 Gei We Dr, for MT לארצך; לְגָָֽרֲשֵׁנוּ 2 Chronicles 20:11; absolute id. Exodus 11:1; Imperative גָּרֵשׁ Genesis 21:10; Proverbs 22:10; — drive out, away, Hexateuch all J E, including poem Deuteronomy 33; (י׳ subject), Adam from garden Genesis 3:24 compare Cain Genesis 4:14 (followed by מִן local, & so + 21 times), David (men subject) 1 Samuel 26:19, id. (Abimelech subject) Psalm 34:1 (title), Hagar (Abraham subject) Genesis 21:10 compare scorner, Proverbs 22:10 daughters of Reuel (subject shepherds) Exodus 2:17; Moses and Aaron from Pharaoh's presence (indefinite subject) Exodus 10:11; Gaal etc. (subject Zebul) Judges 9:41 (followed by מִן with Infinitive), Jephthah (Gil. subject) Judges 11:2,7; Abiathar (subject Solomon) 1 Kings 2:27 (followed by מִן with Infinitive) wicked from temple (י׳ subject) Hosea 9:15; women from houses (nobles subject) Micah 2:9; often of Canaanites (hornet subject) Exodus 23:28; Joshua 24:12 compare Exodus 23:31 (Israel subject); also (י׳ subject; compare MI19) Exodus 23:29,30; Exodus 33:2; Deuteronomy 33:27; Joshua 24:18; Judges 2:3; Judges 6:9; Psalm 78:55; Psalm 80:9; 1 Chronicles 17:21; of Israel from Egypt (subject Pharaoh) Exodus 6:1; Exodus 11:1 (twice in verse); from land of Moab (subject Balak) Numbers 22:6, 11; Judah from Canaan (subject Moab & Ammon) 2 Chronicles 20:11; Egypt from her land (י׳ subject) Ezekiel 31:11 (but compare text, above); Ashdod (indefinite subject) Zephaniah 2:4.
† Pu. Perfect גֹּרְשׁוּ subject Israelites Exodus 12:39; Imperfect יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ subject despised and miserable outcasts Job 30:5 both followed by מִן local.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:24; 3:24; 4:14; 4:14; 21:10; 21:10

Exodus

2:17; 2:17; 6:1; 6:1; 10:11; 11:1; 11:1; 11:1; 12:39; 23:28; 23:28; 23:29; 23:29; 23:30; 23:30; 23:31; 23:31; 33:2; 33:2; 34:11; 34:11

Leviticus

21:7; 21:7; 21:14; 22:13

Numbers

22:6; 22:6; 22:11; 22:11; 30:10

Deuteronomy

33; 33:27

Joshua

24:12; 24:12; 24:18

Judges

2:3; 2:3; 6:9; 6:9; 9:41; 11:2; 11:2; 11:7; 11:7

1 Samuel

26:19; 26:19

2 Samuel

7:23

1 Kings

2:27

1 Chronicles

17:21; 17:21

2 Chronicles

20:11; 20:11

Job

30:5

Psalms

34:1; 34:1; 78:55; 80:9; 80:9

Proverbs

22:10; 22:10

Isaiah

57:20; 57:20; 57:20; 57:20

Ezekiel

31:11; 31:11; 36:5; 36:5; 44:22

Hosea

9:15; 9:15

Amos

8:8; 8:8

Jonah

2:5; 2:5

Micah

2:9; 2:9

Zephaniah

2:4; 2:4

H1644

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1644 matches the Hebrew גָּרַשׁ (gāraš),
which occurs 47 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - After sending them out, the LORD God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won’t have it!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:17 - But some other shepherds came and chased them away. So Moses jumped up and rescued the girls from the shepherds. Then he drew water for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:1 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. When he feels the force of my strong hand, he will let the people go. In fact, he will force them to leave his land!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:11 - Never! Only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you requested.” And Pharaoh threw them out of the palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:1 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will strike Pharaoh and the land of Egypt with one more blow. After that, Pharaoh will let you leave this country. In fact, he will be so eager to get rid of you that he will force you all to leave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:39 - For bread they baked flat cakes from the dough without yeast they had brought from Egypt. It was made without yeast because the people were driven out of Egypt in such a hurry that they had no time to prepare the bread or other food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:28 - I will send terror[fn] ahead of you to drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:29 - But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals would multiply and threaten you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:30 - I will drive them out a little at a time until your population has increased enough to take possession of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - And I will fix your boundaries from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,[fn] and from the eastern wilderness to the Euphrates River.[fn] I will hand over to you the people now living in the land, and you will drive them out ahead of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:2 - And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:11 - But listen carefully to everything I command you today. Then I will go ahead of you and drive out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - “Priests may not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, and they may not marry a woman who is divorced from her husband, for the priests are set apart as holy to their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - He may not marry a widow, a woman who is divorced, or a woman who has defiled herself by prostitution. She must be a virgin from his own clan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:13 - But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father’s home as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food again. Otherwise, no one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - ‘Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come and curse these people for me. Then perhaps I will be able to stand up to them and drive them from the land.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:9 - If, however, a woman is a widow or is divorced, she must fulfill all her vows and pledges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:27 - The eternal God is your refuge,
and his everlasting arms are under you.
He drives out the enemy before you;
he cries out, ‘Destroy them!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - And I sent terror[fn] ahead of you to drive out the two kings of the Amorites. It was not your swords or bows that brought you victory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:18 - It was the LORD who drove out the Amorites and the other nations living here in the land. So we, too, will serve the LORD, for he alone is our God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3 - So now I declare that I will no longer drive out the people living in your land. They will be thorns in your sides,[fn] and their gods will be a constant temptation to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:9 - I rescued you from the Egyptians and from all who oppressed you. I drove out your enemies and gave you their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - Abimelech returned to Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:2 - Gilead’s wife also had several sons, and when these half brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah off the land. “You will not get any of our father’s inheritance,” they said, “for you are the son of a prostitute.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - But Jephthah said to them, “Aren’t you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father’s house? Why do you come to me now when you’re in trouble?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then let him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the LORD. For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the LORD’s people, and they have said, ‘Go, worship pagan gods.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 - So Solomon deposed Abiathar from his position as priest of the LORD, thereby fulfilling the prophecy the LORD had given at Shiloh concerning the descendants of Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:21 - What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations that stood in their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:11 - Now see how they reward us! For they have come to throw us out of your land, which you gave us as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:5 - They are driven from human society,
and people shout at them as if they were thieves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:1 - A psalm of David, regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech, who sent him away.

I will praise the LORD at all times.
I will constantly speak his praises.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He drove out the nations before them;
he gave them their inheritance by lot.
He settled the tribes of Israel into their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:8 - You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine;
you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:10 - Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.
Quarrels and insults will disappear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:20 - “But those who still reject me are like the restless sea,
which is never still
but continually churns up mud and dirt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:11 - I will hand it over to a mighty nation that will destroy it as its wickedness deserves. I have already discarded it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:22 - They may choose their wives only from among the virgins of Israel or the widows of the priests. They may not marry other widows or divorced women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - The LORD says, “All their wickedness began at Gilgal;
there I began to hate them.
I will drive them from my land
because of their evil actions.
I will love them no more
because all their leaders are rebels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - The earth will tremble for your deeds,
and everyone will mourn.
The ground will rise like the Nile River at floodtime;
it will heave up, then sink again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:4 - Then I said, ‘O LORD, you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:9 - You have evicted women from their pleasant homes
and forever stripped their children of all that God would give them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - Gaza and Ashkelon will be abandoned,
Ashdod and Ekron torn down.
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