גָּרַע
ga.ra
“to dimish”
Definition
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
a primitive root;
- to diminish, restrain, withdraw, abate, keep back, do away, take from, clip 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to diminish 1a2) to restrain 1a3) to withdraw 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be withdrawn 1b2) to be restrained 1c) (Piel) to withdraw, draw up
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
גָּרַע appears 20 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
Dibon goes up to its templeto weep at its high places.Moab wails over Nebo,as well as over Medeba.Every head is shaved,every beard is cut off.
Do you listen in on the council of Godor limit wisdom to yourself?
Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.