גָּרַע
gâraʻ · gaw-rah'
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
- to scrape off
- by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › to see and know
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּרַע 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- upon them; ye shall not diminish1 · 5%
- shall be diminished1 · 5%
- ye shall not minish1 · 5%
- shall he not diminish1 · 5%
- and it shall be abated1 · 5%
- wherefore are we kept back1 · 5%
- be done away1 · 5%
- be taken1 · 5%
- whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken1 · 5%
- be taken away1 · 5%
- you, neither shall ye diminish1 · 5%
- thereto, nor diminish1 · 5%
- and restrainest1 · 5%
- and dost thou restrain1 · 5%
- he withdraweth1 · 5%
- for he maketh small1 · 5%
- to it, nor any thing taken1 · 5%
- unto them; diminish1 · 5%
- clipped1 · 5%
- therefore will i also diminish1 · 5%
- over thee, and have diminished1 · 5%
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.