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Lexicon :: Strong's H7140 - qeraḥ

Aa
קֶרַח
Transliteration
qeraḥ
Pronunciation
keh'-rakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2070a

Strong’s Definitions

קֶרַח qerach, keh'-rakh; or קֹרַח qôrach; from H7139; ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal:—crystal, frost, ice.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H7140 in the following manner: frost (3x), ice (3x), crystal (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H7140 in the following manner: frost (3x), ice (3x), crystal (1x).

  1. frost, ice, ice crystal

    1. frost (of night)

    2. ice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קֶרַח qerach, keh'-rakh; or קֹרַח qôrach; from H7139; ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal:—crystal, frost, ice.
STRONGS H7140: Abbreviations
† קֶ֫רַח noun masculineJob 38:29 frost, ice; — absolute ק׳ Genesis 31:40 +, קָ֑רַח Job 6:16 +; suffix קַרְחוֺ Psalm 147:17; —
1. frost of night (opposed to חֹרֶב of day), Genesis 31:40 (E), Jeremiah 36:30.
2. ice, Job 6:16; Job 37:10; Job 38:29 (|| כְפֹר hoarfrost), כְפִתִּים מַשְׁלִיח ק׳ Psalm 147:17 (Hup and others think of hail, but see Bae; || קָרָה cold, שֶׁלֶג, כְּפוֺר Psalm 147:16); probably also כְּעֵין ק׳ Ezekiel 1:22 (so Krae; most crystal, after Greek Version of the LXX).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:40; 31:40

Job

6:16; 6:16; 37:10; 38:29; 38:29

Psalms

147:16; 147:17; 147:17

Jeremiah

36:30

Ezekiel

1:22

H7140

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Strong's Number H7140 matches the Hebrew קֶרַח (qeraḥ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:40 - This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16 - Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:10 - By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 - Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:17 - He sends down ice like raindrops: water is made hard by his cold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30 - For this reason the Lord has said of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, He will have no son to take his place on the seat of David: his dead body will be put out to undergo the heat of the day and the cold of the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 - And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high.
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