Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7139
קָרַח
qa.rach · “to make bald”
Used 6 times across 4 books
Definition
1) to be bald, make bald
1a) (Qal) to make bald, make a baldness
1b) (Niphal) to make oneself bald
1c) (Hiphil) to make oneself bald
1d)(Hophal) to make bald
1a) (Qal) to make bald, make a baldness
1b) (Niphal) to make oneself bald
1c) (Hiphil) to make oneself bald
1d)(Hophal) to make bald
Where it appears
Leviticus2
Jeremiah1
Ezekiel2
Micah1
In the text
Leviticus 21:5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.Jeremiah 16:6Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:Ezekiel 27:31And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.Ezekiel 29:18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:Micah 1:16Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
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