Strong's Lexicon

H1638

H1638 — גָּרַס

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgaracverb-stemOccurrences: 2TWOT: 387

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1638
Word:	גָּרַס
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	garac
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	gaw-ras'
Meaning:	1. to crush 2. (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve
KJV Renderings:	break.

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BDB1765

[גָּרַס] verb be crushed (Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1021] [be crushed,] perish) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular גָָּֽרְסָה Ps 119:20 figurative נַפְשִׁי לְ ׳ ג my soul is crushed (i.e. perisheth: compare Syriac) with longing for (compare כָּלָה לְ).

Hiph`il Imperfect וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּחָצָץ שִׁנָּ֑י Lam 3:16 and he hath crushed my teeth with gravel, figurative of divine chastisement.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גרס (gah-ras’)

Psalms 119:20

KJV: My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

EHCC: My soul breaketh for the

Lamentations 3:16

KJV: He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.covered…: or, rolled me in the ashes

EHCC: He hath also broken my teeth

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