גָּרָה
gârâh · gaw-raw'
properly, to grate, i.e. (figuratively) to anger
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to grate, i.e. (figuratively) to anger
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: contend, meddle, stir up, strive.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- stirreth up3 · 21%
- shall be stirred up2 · 14%
- meddle1 · 7%
- neither contend1 · 7%
- them not, nor meddle1 · 7%
- it, and contend1 · 7%
- for why shouldest thou meddle1 · 7%
- why shouldest thou meddle1 · 7%
- contend1 · 7%
- because thou hast striven1 · 7%
- and be stirred up1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.