גָּרַס
gâraç · gaw-ras'
to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve
- to crush
- also, (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break.
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
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › to support and uphold
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּרַס 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- breaketh1 · 50%
- he hath also broken1 · 50%
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.