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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 to be withdrawn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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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 the number of bricks which they made heretofore you shall lay upon them, you shall by no means lessen it; for they are idle; therefore they cry, 'Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - Go yourselves, get your straw wherever you can find it; but your work will not be lessened in the least.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in evil plight, when they said, "You shall by no means lessen your daily number of bricks."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:10 - If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:18 - but if he dedicates his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall compute the money-value for it according to the years that remain until the year of jubilee, and a deduction shall be made from your valuation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:7 - and those men said to him, "We are unclean through touching the dead body of a man; why are we kept from offering the LORD's offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:4 - Why should the name of our father be taken away from his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father's brethren."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - But if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the people of Israel then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:4 - And when the jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; and their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:2 - You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it; that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:32 - "Everything that I command you you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to it or take from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:4 - But you are doing away with the fear of God, and hindering meditation before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:8 - Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7 - He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the throne he sets them for ever, and they are exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:27 - For he draws up the drops of water, he distils his mist in rain

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:14 - I know that whatever God does endures for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; God has made it so, in order that men should fear before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - The daughter of Dibon has gone up to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Med'eba Moab wails. On every head is baldness, every beard is shorn;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2 - "Thus says the LORD: Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the house of the LORD all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not hold back a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - "For every head is shaved and every beard cut off; upon all the hands are gashes, and on the loins is sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - Wherefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will cut you down; my eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you, and diminished your allotted portion, and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.
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