גָּעַר
ga.ar
“to rebuke”
Definition
to chide
a primitive root;
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
גָּעַר appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
“For to Me this is like the days of Noah,when I swore that the waters of Noahwould never again cover the earth.So I have sworn that I will not be angry with youor rebuke you.
Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
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You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
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