Bible Lexicons

גָּרַע fut. יִגְרַע to scratch, to scrape (like very many verbs beginning with גר), hence

(1) to scrape off the beard (like the Syr. ܓܪܰܥ), Jeremiah 48:37 according to some copies, Isaiah 15:2 (see under גָּדַע ). To this answers the Gr. κείρω, fcheeren. Hence

(2) generally to take away, to withhold (cogn. χῆρος, and intrans. careo). Jeremiah 26:2, אַל תִּגְרַע דָּבָר “take not away any thing (from it),” followed by מִן Job 36:7. Often גָּרַע מִן is equal to, to take away (something) from any thing, but so that the acc. of the part taken away is omitted. Compare opp. הוֹסִיף No. 2, Deuteronomy 4:2, 13:1 Exodus 5:8, 19 Ecclesiastes 3:14. Hence with an acc. to diminish, prop. to take away from.- Exodus 21:10; Ezekiel 16:27; Job 15:4, וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה לִפְנֵי אֵל “and thou withholdest prayer before God.” Followed by אֶל to take in, i.e. to lay up, to put in store for oneself; für fich behalten, compare גָּרַם. Job 15:8, “hast thou hearkened in the council of God, וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חָכְמָה and hast thou taken in all knowledge?” Cognate is the Arabic usage, in which جرع is to absorb, to swallow down.Piel i.q. Kal No. 2, to draw in. Job 36:27, כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי־מַיִם “after (God) attracts, (draws up) the drops of water.”

Niphal

(1) pass. of Kal No. 2, to be taken away, withheld. Construed either so that the thing to be taken away is expressly marked, Numbers 27:4, 36:3 or so that it is supplied, נִגְרַע מִן there is taken away from any thing, a thing is lessened, Numbers 36:3, fin.; Exodus 5:11; Leviticus 27:18. Hence

(2) to be put back, made less of, Numbers 9:7.

Derivative מִנְרָעוֹת.

אֶגְרַע֙ אגרע גְּרֻעָ֑ה גְּרוּעָֽה׃ גרועה׃ גרעה וְנִגְרְעָ֤ה וְנִגְרַ֖ע וְתִגְרַ֖ע וְתִגְרַ֥ע וָאֶגְרַ֖ע ואגרע ונגרע ונגרעה ותגרע יְגָרַ֣ע יִגְרַ֥ע יִגְרָֽע׃ יִגָּרֵֽעַ׃ יִגָּרַ֖ע יִגָּרַ֤ע יגרע יגרע׃ לִגְרֹ֑עַ לגרע נִגְרָ֛ע נִגָּרַ֗ע נגרע תִּגְרַ֖ע תִגְרְע֖וּ תִגְרְע֥וּ תִגְרַ֖ע תגרע תגרעו ’eḡ·ra‘ ’eḡra‘ egRa gə·ru·‘āh gə·rū·‘āh gəru‘āh gərū‘āh geruAh liḡ·rō·a‘ ligRoa liḡrōa‘ nig·gā·ra‘ niḡ·rā‘ niggaRa niggāra‘ nigRa niḡrā‘ tiḡ·ra‘ ṯiḡ·ra‘ ṯiḡ·rə·‘ū tigRa tiḡra‘ ṯiḡra‘ ṯiḡrə‘ū tigreU vaegRa venigRa venigreAh vetigRa wā’eḡra‘ wā·’eḡ·ra‘ wə·niḡ·ra‘ wə·niḡ·rə·‘āh wə·ṯiḡ·ra‘ wəniḡra‘ wəniḡrə‘āh wəṯiḡra‘ yə·ḡā·ra‘ yegaRa yəḡāra‘ yig·gā·ra‘ yig·gā·rê·a‘ yiḡ·ra‘ yiḡ·rā‘ yiggaRa yiggāra‘ yiggaRea yiggārêa‘ yigRa yiḡra‘ yiḡrā‘