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Lexicon :: Strong's H7167 - qāraʿ

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קָרַע
Transliteration
qāraʿ
Pronunciation
kaw-rah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2074

Strong’s Definitions

קָרַע qâraʻ, kaw-rah'; a primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them):—cut out, rend, × surely, tear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x

The KJV translates Strong's H7167 in the following manner: rent (54x), tear (4x), rend away (2x), cut (1x), cut out (1x), surely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x
The KJV translates Strong's H7167 in the following manner: rent (54x), tear (4x), rend away (2x), cut (1x), cut out (1x), surely (1x).

  1. to tear, tear in pieces

    1. (Qal)

      1. to tear, rend

      2. to tear away or out

      3. to tear, rend asunder

        1. to make wide or large (of eyes)

        2. to rend open (of heavens)

      4. to tear, rend (of wild beasts)

    2. (Niphal) to be rent, be split asunder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָרַע qâraʻ, kaw-rah'; a primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them):—cut out, rend, × surely, tear.
STRONGS H7167: Abbreviations
קָרַע 63 verb tear (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb090202 strike head, bell, etc., beat drum, box ear, gnash teeth (Frey Dozy); also impugn, censure); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ק׳ 1 Samuel 15:28 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular זַיִּקְרַע Genesis 37:29 +; 1st person singular suffix אֶקְרָעֶנָּה 1 Kings 11:12, etc.; Imperative masculine plural קִרְעוּ 2 Samuel 3:31; Joel 2:13; Infinitive absolute קָרֹעַ 1 Kings 11:11; construct לִקְרוֺעַ Ecclesiastes 3:7, suffix קָרְעִי Ezra 9:5; Participle active קֹרֵעַ 1 Kings 11:31; passive קָרוּעַ 2 Samuel 15:32, etc.; — tear, rend:
1.
a. usually (39 times) of rending garment in
(1) sign of grief, distress: בֶּגֶד (29 times) Genesis 37:29, 34; Genesis 44:13; 2 Samuel 13:19 +; לִשְׁנַיִם קְרָעִים ב׳ ק׳ 2 Kings 2:12, לְבַבְכֶם וְאַל ב׳ ק׳ Joel 2:13; participle Pass. בְּגָדָיו ק׳ 2 Samuel 1:2; construct קְרֻעֵי ב׳ torn of garments (pers. with torn garments 2 Samuel 13:31 (but read קָֽרְעוּ ב׳ Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Th We and others), 2 Kings 18:37 = Isaiah 36:22; Jeremiah 41:5; מְעִיל Job 1:20; Job 2:12; Ezra 9:3 (+ בֶּנֶד), כְּתֹנֶת 2 Samuel 13:19, קָרוּעַ כֻּתָּנְתּוֺ 2 Samuel 15:32 (Ges§ 121d); שְׂמָתֹ Genesis 37:34; Genesis 44:13; Joshua 7:6; passive participle מַדָּיו קְרֻעִים 1 Samuel 4:12;
† (2) as symbolic act, שַׂלְמָה שְׁנֵים עָשָׁר קְרָעִים ק׳ 1 Kings 11:30;
† (3) absolute עֵת לִקְרוֺעַ וְעֵת לִתְמּוֺר Ecclesiastes 3:7.
b. tear away or out: veils Ezekiel 13:21, fillets from (מֵעַל) arms Ezekiel 13:20, mark of leprosy out of (מִן) garment Leviticus 13:56.
†2. tear away sovereignty (under figure of garment), subject י׳, מֵעַל person 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Kings 11:11, also מִיַּד 1 Samuel 28:17; 1 Kings 11:12, 31, מִן 1 Kings 14:8, absolute 1 Kings 11:13; with accusative יִשׂ׳ + מֵעַל 2 Kings 17:21.
†3. tear, rend asunder:
a. book with (ב) knife Jeremiah 36:23.
b. = make wide, large, eyes, with (ב) stibium Jeremiah 4:30; windows, לוֺ וק׳ [ו]חַלּוֺנָ֑י Jeremiah 22:14.
c. rend open heavens, and descend of י׳, Isaiah 63:19.
4. tear, rend, of wild beasts: י׳ as fierce bear Hosea 13:8 (object סְגוֺר לִבָּם); figurative of human foes Psalm 35:15 (accusative of person omitted), so Hup and others, but (from context) Ol Bae We and others malign, rail (compare Arabic above); > Gr and others קָרְאוֺ.
† Niph. be rent, of garment (מְעִיל), Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּקָּרַ֑ע 1 Samuel 15:27, יִקָּרֵעַ Exodus 28:32; Exodus 39:23; be rent, split asunder, of altar 1 Kings 13:3, 5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:29; 37:29; 37:34; 37:34; 44:13; 44:13

Exodus

28:32; 39:23

Leviticus

13:56

Joshua

7:6

1 Samuel

4:12; 15:27; 15:28; 15:28; 28:17

2 Samuel

1:2; 3:31; 13:19; 13:19; 13:31; 15:32; 15:32

1 Kings

11:11; 11:11; 11:12; 11:12; 11:13; 11:30; 11:31; 11:31; 13:3; 13:5; 14:8

2 Kings

2:12; 17:21; 18:37

Ezra

9:3; 9:5

Job

1:20; 2:12

Psalms

35:15

Ecclesiastes

3:7; 3:7

Isaiah

36:22; 63:19

Jeremiah

4:30; 22:14; 36:23; 41:5

Ezekiel

13:20; 13:21

Hosea

13:8

Joel

2:13; 2:13

H7167

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Strong's Number H7167 matches the Hebrew קָרַע (qāraʿ),
which occurs 63 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 37:29–Isa 37:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29 - Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13 - Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and returned to the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:32 - “There shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all around its opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it does not tear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:23 - And there was an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of mail, with a woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not tear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:56 - “If the priest examines it, and indeed the plague has faded after washing it, then he shall tear it out of the garment, whether out of the warp or out of the woof, or out of the leather.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:6 - Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:35 - And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low! You are among those who trouble me! For I have given my word to the LORD, and I cannot go back on it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:12 - Then a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the same day, and came to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:27 - And as Samuel turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:28 - So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:17 - “And the LORD has done for Himself[fn] as He spoke by me. For the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:2 - on the third day, behold, it happened that a man came from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. So it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:11 - Therefore David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” And King David followed the coffin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - Then Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her robe of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:31 - So the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:32 - Now it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he worshiped God—there was Hushai the Archite coming to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:11 - Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:12 - “Nevertheless I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13 - “However I will not tear away the whole kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - Then Ahijah took hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31 - And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:3 - And he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:5 - The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:8 - “and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 - So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:12 - And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:7 - And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:8 - So it was, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let him come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:30 - Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and as he passed by on the wall, the people looked, and there underneath he had sackcloth on his body.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:14 - When she looked, there was the king standing by a pillar according to custom; and the leaders and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. So Athaliah tore her clothes and cried out, “Treason! Treason!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:21 - For He tore Israel from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them commit a great sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:37 - Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:1 - And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:11 - Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:19 - “because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - When she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance; and the leaders and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, also the singers with musical instruments, and those who led in praise. So Athaliah tore her clothes and said, “Treason! Treason!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:19 - Thus it happened, when the king heard the words of the Law, that he tore his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:27 - “because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - So when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down astonished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 - At the evening sacrifice I arose from my fasting; and having torn my garment and my robe, I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:20 - Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:12 - And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:15 - But in my adversity they rejoiced
And gathered together;
Attackers gathered against me,
And I did not know it;
They tore at me and did not cease;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:7 - A time to tear,
And a time to sew; A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:22 - Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:1 - And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

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