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H1639 · גָּרַע

gâraʻ · gaw-rah' · diminish, restrain

H1639 (gâraʻ, pronounced gaw-rah') is the Hebrew word גָּרַע in Strong’s dictionary: to scrape off. It appears 22 times in 21 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
גָּרַע (Hebrew)
Transliteration
gâraʻ
Pronunciation
gaw-rah'
Derivation
a primitive root;
Definition
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
Rendered in the KJV
abate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

22 occurrences in 21 verses.

How the BSB renders it

By book

Exodus 4 · Leviticus 1 · Numbers 4 · Deuteronomy 2 · Job 4 · Ecclesiastes 1 · Isaiah 1 · Jeremiah 2 · Ezekiel 2

Verses

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Numbers that share a root with H1639.

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