קְרַץ
qᵉrats · ker-ats'
chew him up (figuratively) by slander
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7171 (קֶרֶץ) in the sense of a bit (to 'eat the morsels of' any one, i.e.
chew him up (figuratively) by slander
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] accuse.
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › to pursue the straight path
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְרַץ 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.
- and accused1 · 50%
- which had accused1 · 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.