Strong's Lexicon

H1644

H1644 — גָּרַשׁ

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

HebrewgarashverbOccurrences: 47TWOT: 388

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1644
Word:	גָּרַשׁ
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	47
Transliteration:	garash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	gaw-rash'
Meaning:	1. to drive out from a possession 2. especially to expatriate or divorce
KJV Renderings:	cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, X surely put away, trouble, thrust out.

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[גָּרַשׁ] verb drive out, cast out (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּרַשׁ Pa`el, Ithpe`el of divorce, MI¹⁹ ויגרשה) —

Qal Imperfect וַיִּגְרְשׁוּ Isa 57:20 Infinitive suffix מִגְרָשָׁהּ Ezek 36:5 below; Participle active גֹּרֵשׁ Exod 34:11 passive feminine גְּרוּשָׁה Lev 21:7 + 4 t.; — cast out, thrust out, ׳ י, the Amorites Exod 34:11 ( J E ; with מִפְּנֵי); waters, mire and dirt רֶפֶשׁ וָטִיט Isa 57:20 passive only of divorced woman Lev 21:7 (followed by מֵאִישָׁהּ; elsewhere with אַלְמָנָה widow), Lev 21:14; Lev 22:13 (all H ), Num 30:10 ( P ) Ezek 44:22. On מִגְרָשָׁהּ Ezek 36:5 as Aramaic Infinitive compare Ges^{«GKC:45»§ 45} 1.c. Kö^{i 166}; Co strike out, on internal grounds, compare ᵐ5

Niph`al Perfect נִגְרָ֑שׁ Isa 57:20 3 feminine singular וְנִגְרְשָׁה consecutive Amos 8:8 נִגְרַשְׁתִּי Jonah 2:5 — be driven away, followed by מִנֶּגֶד עֵינֶיךָ, i.e. from the presence of Yahweh Jonah 2:5 be driven, tossed, as the Nile Amos 8:8 of the sea Isa 57:20 rel. clause, אֲשֶׁר omitted, like the sea that is tossed.

Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular וְגֵרְשָׁה consecutive Exod 23:28 גֵּרַשְׁתָּ Gen 4:14, suffix 3 masculine plural וְגֵרַשְׁתָּמוֺ consecutive Exod 23:31 וְגֵרַשְׁתִּ֫י Exod 33:2, suffix גֵּרַשְׁתִּיהוּ Ezek 31:11 (so ᵑ7 ᵑ9 , not ᵐ5 ; compare Co's conjecture); וְגֵּרַשְׁתִּיו consecutive Num 22:11 3 plural suffix גֵּרְשׁוּנִי 1Sam 26:19 Imperfect יְגָרֵשׁ Exod 11:1, וַיְגָ֫רֶשׁ Gen 3:24 + 6 t.; suffix וַיְגָרֲשֵׁהוּ Ps 34:1, יְגָָֽרֲשֵׁם Exod 6:1 2 masculine singular תְּגָרֵשׁ Ps 80:9, וַתְּגָ֫רֶשׁ Josh 24:12 אֲגָרֵשׁ Judg 2:3, וָָֽאֲגָרֵשׁ Judg 6:9 suffix 3 masculine singular אֲגָָֽרְשֶׁנּוּ Exod 23:29 ; Exod 23:30; Num 22:6 אֲגָָֽרֲשֵׁם Hos 9:15 וַיְגָָֽרֲשׁוּ Judg 11:2 יְגָָֽרֲשׁוּהָ Zeph 2:4, וַיְגָָֽרֲשׁוּם Exod 2:17 2 masculine plural תְּגָָֽרֲשׁוּן Mic 2:9, וַתְּגָָֽרֲשׁוּנִי Judg 11:7 Infinitive construct לְגָרֵשׁ 1Chr 17:21 + || 2Sam 7:23 Gei We Dr, for ᵑ0 לארצך; לְגָָֽרֲשֵׁנוּ 2Chr 20:11 absolute id. Exod 11:1 Imperative גָּרֵשׁ Gen 21:10 ; Prov 22:10 — drive out, away, Hexateuch all J E , including poem Deut 33 (׳ י subject), Adam from garden Gen 3:24 compare Cain Gen 4:14 (followed by מִן local, & so 21 t.), David (men subject) 1Sam 26:19, id. (Abimelech subject) Ps 34:1 (title), Hagar (Abraham subject) Gen 21:10 compare scorner, Prov 22:10 daughters of Reuel (subject shepherds) Exod 2:17 Moses and Aaron from Pharaoh's presence (indefinite subject) Exod 10:11 Gaal etc. (subject Zebul) Judg 9:41 (followed by מִן with Infinitive), Jephthah (Gil. subject) Judg 11:2; Judg 11:7 Abiathar (subject Solomon) 1Kgs 2:27 (followed by מִן with Infinitive) wicked from temple (׳ י subject) Hos 9:15 women from houses (nobles subject) Mic 2:9 often of Canaanites (hornet subject) Exod 23:28; Josh 24:12 compare Exod 23:31 (Israel subject); also (׳ י subject; compare MI¹⁹ ) Exod 23:29; Exod 23:30; Exod 33:2; Deut 33:27; Josh 24:18; Judg 2:3; Judg 6:9; Ps 78:55; Ps 80:9; 1Chr 17:21 of Israel from Egypt (subject Pharaoh) Exod 6:1; Exod 11:1 (twice in verse); from land of Moab (subject Balak) Num 22:6 ; Num 22:11 Judah from Canaan (subject Moab & Ammon) 2Chr 20:11 Egypt from her land (׳ י subject) Ezek 31:11 (but compare text, above); Ashdod (indefinite subject) Zeph 2:4.

Pu`al Perfect גֹּרְשׁוּ subject Israelites Exod 12:39 Imperfect יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ subject despised and miserable outcasts Job 30:5 both followed by מִן local

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גרש (gah-rash’)

Isaiah 57:20

KJV: But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

EHCC: whose waters cast up mire

Exodus 34:11

KJV: Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

EHCC: 1 drive out before thee the Amorite,

Leviticus 21:7

KJV: They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

EHCC: put atoay from her husband:

Ezekiel 44:22

KJV: Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.put…: Heb. thrust forththat had…: Heb. from a priest

EHCC: nor her that is put away: (marg. thre

Amos 8:8

KJV: Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

EHCC: and it shall be cast oxt and drowned,

Jonah 2:4

KJV: Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

EHCC: (5). J am cast ont of thy sight ;

Isaiah 57:20

KJV: But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

EHCC: the wicked (are) like the trowbled ses,

Genesis 4:14

KJV: Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

EHCC: thou hast driven me out

Exodus 23:28

KJV: And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

EHCC: which shall drive out the Hivite,

Exodus 33:2

KJV: And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

EHCC: and I will drive out the

Numbers 22:11

KJV: Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.I shall…: Heb. I shall prevail in fighting against him

EHCC: to overcome them, and drive them out.

Ezekiel 3:11

KJV: And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

EHCC: J Aave driven him out for his wickedness,

1 Chronicles 17:21

KJV: And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

EHCC: by driving out nations

2 Chronicles 20:11

KJV: Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

EHCC: to come 70 cast us out

Proverbs 22:10

KJV: Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

EHCC: Cast out the scorner,

Genesis 21:10

KJV: Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

EHCC: Cast oud this bondwoman

Genesis 3:34

EHCC: So he drove out the man;

Exodus 2:17

KJV: And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

EHCC: came and drove them aay:

Numbers 22:6

KJV: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

EHCC: and (that) J may drive them out

Deuteronomy 33:27

KJV: The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

EHCC: and he shall thrust out the enemy

Joshua 24:12

KJV: And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

EHCC: which drave them out from before

Judges 2:3

KJV: Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

EHCC: I will not drive them out

Judges 9:4

KJV: And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal–berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

EHCC: l.and Zebul thrust out Gaal

1 Kings 2:27

KJV: So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

EHCC: 80 Solomon thrust out Abiathar

Hosea 9:15

KJV: All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

EHCC: 7 will drive them out of mine house,

Micah 2:9

KJV: The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.women: or, wives

EHCC: 0f my people have ye cast out

Zephaniah 2:4

KJV: For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

EHCC: they shall drive out Ashdod

Exodus 12:39

KJV: And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

EHCC: they were thrust out of Egypt,

Job 30:5

KJV: They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

EHCC: They were driven forth

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