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Lexicon :: Strong's H1639 - gāraʿ

Aa
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 to be withdrawn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 BoxExo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - But see that they make the same number of bricks as before, and no less: for they have no love for work; and so they are crying out and saying, Let us go and make an offering to our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - Go yourselves and get dry stems wherever you are able; for your work is not to be any less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - Then the responsible men of the children of Israel saw that they were purposing evil when they said, The number of bricks which you have to make every day will be no less than before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:10 - And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:18 - But if he gives his field after the year of Jubilee, the amount of the money will be worked out by the priest in relation to the number of years till the coming year of Jubilee, and the necessary amount will be taken off your value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:7 - And these men said to him, We have been made unclean by the dead body of a man; why may we not make the offering of the Lord at the regular time among the children of Israel?

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - Now if they get married to any of the sons of other tribes of the children of Israel, then their property will be taken away from the heritage of our fathers, and become part of the heritage of the tribe into which they get married: and their heritage will be taken away from the heritage of our tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:4 - And at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:2 - Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:32 - You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:4 - Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:8 - Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7 - Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:27 - For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:14 - I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - The daughter of Dibon has gone up to the high places, weeping: Moab is sounding her cry of sorrow over Nebo, and over Medeba: everywhere the hair of the head and of the face is cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2 - This is what the Lord has said: Take your place in the open square of the Lord's house and say to all the towns of Judah, who come into the Lord's house for worship, everything I give you orders to say to them: keep back not a word;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - For everywhere the hair of the head and the hair of the face is cut off: on every hand there are wounds, and haircloth on every body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have made my holy place unclean with all your hated things and all your disgusting ways, you will become disgusting to me; my eye will have no mercy and I will have no pity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - Now, then, my hand is stretched out against you, cutting down your fixed amount, and I have given you up to the desire of your haters, the daughters of the Philistines who are shamed by your loose ways.
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