גָּרַר
gârar · gaw-rar'
to drag off roughly; by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate); by analogy, to saw
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to drag off roughly; by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate); by analogy, to saw
- to drag off roughly
- by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate)
- by analogy, to saw
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: catch, chew, [idiom] continuing, destroy, saw.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › the head, the highest
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּרַר 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- yet he cheweth1 · 20%
- sawed1 · 20%
- shall destroy1 · 20%
- a continuing1 · 20%
- they catch1 · 20%
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.