Lexicon :: Strong's H1639 - gāraʿ

גָּרַע

Transliteration

gāraʿ

Pronunciation

gaw-rah'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 384

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

גָּרַע gâraʻ, gaw-rah'; a primitive root; to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold:—abate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H1639 in the following manner: diminish (8x), take (3x), ...away (2x), restrain (2x), abated (1x), keep back (1x), clipped (1x), minish (1x), small (1x), withdraweth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to diminish, restrain, withdraw, abate, keep back, do away, take from, clip
1. (Qal)
  1. to diminish
  2. to restrain
  3. to withdraw
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be withdrawn
  2. to be restrained
3. (Piel) to withdraw, draw up

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H1639: Abbreviations

† [גָּרַע] verb diminish, restrain, withdraw (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּרַע Ifrg shave head, etc.; compare جَرِعَ swallow) —
Qal Imperfect יִגְרַע Job 36:7, יִגְרָ֑ע Exodus 21:10; + 2nd person masculine singular תִּגְרַע Deuteronomy 13:1 + 3 times; אֶגְרַע Ezekiel 5:11 (but compare below), וָאֶגְרַע Ezekiel 16:27; תִּגְרְעוּ Exodus 5:8 + 2 times; Infinitive לִגְרֹעַ Ecclesiastes 3:14; Participle גְּרוּעָה Isaiah 15:2 (so Baer; v. d. H. גְּדוּעָה see גדע), גְּרֻעָה Jeremiah 48:37; —

1. diminish, usually followed by מִן Exodus 5:8, 19 (the tale of bricks), Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 13:1 (in both, word of י׳; opposed to הוסיף) compare Ecclesiastes 3:14, and also Jeremiah 26:2 (with accusative); with accusative also Exodus 21:10 (food etc.) compare Ezekiel 16:27; Passive participle diminished, clipped, of beard, Jeremiah 48:37 and Isaiah 15:2 (so Baer, rightly, compare his note and see H1438 גדע).

2. restrain Job 15:4 (with accusative שִׂיחָה meditation, devotion), Job 15:8 (with accusative חָכְמָה, followed by אֵלֶיךָ, i.e. unto, for thyself, monopolize; De Di Da render draw unto thyself, appropriate; Schult. compare Arabic swallow, compare Ew saugst zu dir ein Weisheit).

3. withdraw Job 36:7 (object עַיִן, eye, followed by מִן); Ezekiel 5:11 absolute (si vera lectio); Co. reads אֶתְגָּרֶה, for אֶגְרַע, on internal grounds; others: withdraw (thy needs) Sm (compare Ezekiel 16:27); withdraw (mine eye) Ges Ke.

Niph. Perfect וְנִגְרַע consecutive Leviticus 27:18; וְנִגְרְעָה Numbers 36:3; Imperfect יִגָּרַע Numbers 27:4; Numbers 36:4, יִגָּרֵ֑עַ Numbers 36:3; 1st person plural נִגָּרַע Numbers 9:7; Participle נִגְרָע Exodus 5:11; —

1. be withdrawn with מִן Numbers 36:3 (twice in verse); Numbers 36:4 (inheritance, נחלה); Numbers 27:4 a name out of a family; Exodus 5:11 (מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶם דָּבָר); impersonal Leviticus 27:18 (abatement shall be made).

2. be restrained followed by infinitive Numbers 9:7. Pi. Imperfect יְגָרַע Job 36:27 withdraw = draw up with accusative נִטְפֵימָֿ֑יִם compare Di (on other hand, De and others draw down, let down).

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

5:8; 5:8; 5:11; 5:11; 5:19; 21:10; 21:10

Leviticus

27:18; 27:18

Numbers

9:7; 9:7; 27:4; 27:4; 36:3; 36:3; 36:3; 36:4; 36:4

Deuteronomy

4:2; 13:1; 13:1

Job

15:4; 15:8; 36:7; 36:7; 36:27

Ecclesiastes

3:14; 3:14

Isaiah

15:2; 15:2

Jeremiah

26:2; 48:37; 48:37

Ezekiel

5:11; 5:11; 16:27; 16:27; 16:27

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H1639 matches the Hebrew גָּרַע (gāraʿ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Exo 5:8

Exo 5:8 - And the tale^H4971 of the bricks,^H3843 which they did make^H6213 heretofore,^H8032^H8543 ye shall lay^H7760 upon them; ye shall not diminish^H1639 ought thereof: for they be idle;^H7503 therefore they cry,^H6817 saying,^H559 Let us go^H3212 and sacrifice^H2076 to our God.^H430

Exo 5:11

Exo 5:11 - Go^H3212 ye, get^H3947 you straw^H8401 where^H834 ye can find^H4672 it: yet^H3588 not ought^H1697 of your work^H5656 shall be diminished.^H1639

Exo 5:19

Exo 5:19 - And the officers^H7860 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 did see^H7200 that they were in evil^H7451 case, after it was said,^H559 Ye shall not minish^H1639 ought from your bricks^H3843 of your daily^H3117^H3117 task.^H1697

Exo 21:10

Exo 21:10 - If he take^H3947 him another^H312 wife; her food,^H7607 her raiment,^H3682 and her duty of marriage,^H5772 shall he not diminish.^H1639

Lev 27:18

Lev 27:18 - But if he sanctify^H6942 his field^H7704 after^H310 the jubile,^H3104 then the priest^H3548 shall reckon^H2803 unto him the money^H3701 according to^H6310 the years^H8141 that remain,^H3498 even unto the year^H8141 of the jubile,^H3104 and it shall be abated^H1639 from thy estimation.^H6187

Num 9:7

Num 9:7 - And those^H1992 men^H582 said^H559 unto him, We are defiled^H2931 by the dead body^H5315 of a man:^H120 wherefore are we kept back,^H1639 that we may not offer^H7126 an offering^H7133 of the LORD^H3068 in his appointed season^H4150 among^H8432 the children^H1121 of Israel?^H3478

Num 27:4

Num 27:4 - Why should the name^H8034 of our father^H1 be done away^H1639 from among^H8432 his family,^H4940 because he hath no son?^H1121 Give^H5414 unto us therefore a possession^H272 among^H8432 the brethren^H251 of our father.^H1

Num 36:3

Num 36:3 - And if they be married^H802 to any^H259 of the sons^H1121 of the other tribes^H7626 of the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 then shall their inheritance^H5159 be taken^H1639 from the inheritance^H5159 of our fathers,^H1 and shall be put^H3254 to the inheritance^H5159 of the tribe^H4294 whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken^H1639 from the lot^H1486 of our inheritance.^H5159

Num 36:4

Num 36:4 - And when the jubile^H3104 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 shall be, then shall their inheritance^H5159 be put^H3254 unto the inheritance^H5159 of the tribe^H4294 whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance^H5159 be taken away^H1639 from the inheritance^H5159 of the tribe^H4294 of our fathers.^H1

Deu 4:2

Deu 4:2 - Ye shall not add^H3254 unto the word^H1697 which I command^H6680 you, neither shall ye diminish^H1639 ought from it, that ye may keep^H8104 the commandments^H4687 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 which I command^H6680 you.

Deu 12:32

Deu 12:32 - What thing^H1697 soever I command^H6680 you, observe^H8104 to do^H6213 it: thou shalt not add^H3254 thereto, nor diminish^H1639 from it.

Job 15:4

Job 15:4 - Yea, thou castest off^H6565 fear,^H3374 and restrainest^H1639 prayer^H7881 before^H6440 God.^H410

Job 15:8

Job 15:8 - Hast thou heard^H8085 the secret^H5475 of God?^H433 and dost thou restrain^H1639 wisdom^H2451 to thyself?

Job 36:7

Job 36:7 - He withdraweth^H1639 not his eyes^H5869 from the righteous:^H6662 but with kings^H4428 are they on the throne;^H3678 yea, he doth establish^H3427 them for ever,^H5331 and they are exalted.^H1361

Job 36:27

Job 36:27 - For he maketh small^H1639 the drops^H5198 of water:^H4325 they pour down^H2212 rain^H4306 according to the vapour^H108 thereof:

Ecc 3:14

Ecc 3:14 - I know^H3045 that, whatsoever God^H430 doeth,^H6213 it shall be for ever:^H5769 nothing^H369 can be put^H3254 to it, nor any thing taken^H1639 from it: and God^H430 doeth^H6213 it, that men should fear^H3372 before^H6440 him.

Isa 15:2

Isa 15:2 - He is gone up^H5927 to Bajith,^H1006 and to Dibon,^H1769 the high places,^H1116 to weep:^H1065 Moab^H4124 shall howl^H3213 over Nebo,^H5015 and over Medeba:^H4311 on all their heads^H7218 shall be baldness,^H7144 and every beard^H2206 cut off.^H1438

Jer 26:2

Jer 26:2 - Thus saith^H559 the LORD;^H3068 Stand^H5975 in the court^H2691 of the LORD'S^H3068 house,^H1004 and speak^H1696 unto all the cities^H5892 of Judah,^H3063 which come^H935 to worship^H7812 in the LORD'S^H3068 house,^H1004 all the words^H1697 that I command^H6680 thee to speak^H1696 unto them; diminish^H1639 not a word:^H1697

Jer 48:37

Jer 48:37 - For every head^H7218 shall be bald,^H7144 and every beard^H2206 clipped:^H1639 upon all the hands^H3027 shall be cuttings,^H1417 and upon the loins^H4975 sackcloth.^H8242

Eze 5:11

Eze 5:11 - Wherefore, as I live,^H2416 saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD;^H3069 Surely, because thou hast defiled^H2930 my sanctuary^H4720 with all thy detestable things,^H8251 and with all thine abominations,^H8441 therefore will I also diminish^H1639 thee; neither shall mine eye^H5869 spare,^H2347 neither will I have any pity.^H2550

Eze 16:27

Eze 16:27 - Behold, therefore I have stretched out^H5186 my hand^H3027 over thee, and have diminished^H1639 thine ordinary^H2706 food, and delivered^H5414 thee unto the will^H5315 of them that hate^H8130 thee, the daughters^H1323 of the Philistines,^H6430 which are ashamed^H3637 of thy lewd^H2154 way.^H1870