קָרַח
qârach · kaw-rakh'
to depilate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to depilate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make (self) bald.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › to separate and protect
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָרַח 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- they shall not make1 · 20%
- themselves, nor make themselves bald1 · 20%
- bald1 · 20%
- was made bald1 · 20%
- make thee bald1 · 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.