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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #7171 - קֶרֶץ
Transliteration
qerets
Phonetics
keh'-rets
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H7169)
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
2075a
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
1) nipping, nipper, stinger
1a) nipping or stinging insect, gadfly
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Jeremiah
1
NAS (1)
Jeremiah
1
HCS (1)
Jeremiah
1
BSB (1)
Jeremiah
1
ESV (1)
Jeremiah
1
WEB (1)
Jeremiah
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
2735) yrq (קרתס QRTs) AC: Pinch CO: ? AB: ?
V) yrq (קרתס QRTs) - I. Pinch:Also to pinch the eye (wink) or the lips. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Accuse:In the sense of pinching another. [Aramaic only] KJV (7): (vf: Paal, Pual) wink, move, form, accuse - Strongs: H7169 (קָרַץ), H7170 (קְרַץ)
Nm) yrq (קרתס QRTs) - Qerets: An unknown insect that bites, as a pinching. KJV (1): destruction - Strongs: H7171 (קֶרֶץ)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
קֶ֫רֶץ noun masculine dubious word, apparently nipping, concrete nipper usually interpreted (since Hi) of a nipping or stinging insect (compare Aramaic קָרוֺצָא, Arabic biting insect); e.g. gadfly (compare Thes Add. 111), figurative of Nebuchadr. מִצָּפוֺן בָּא׳ק Jeremiah 46:20 a gadfly cometh from the north; ᵑ9 (Aq Symm) stimulator, i.e. קֹרֵץ; Thes and others, more Generally, excidium.
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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
קֶרֶץ m., destruction, Jeremiah 46:20. See the root No. 1.
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List of Word Forms
קֶ֥רֶץ קרץ Keretz qe·reṣ qereṣ