Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7164 |
|---|---|
| Word: | קָרַס |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | qarac |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kaw-ras' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) to protrude 2. used only as denominative from H7165 (for alliteration with H7167), to hunch, i.e. be hump-backed |
| KJV Renderings: | stoop. |
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
[קָרַס] verb bend down, stoop, crouch (intransitive) (compare perhaps Arabic [untranscribed source text 4871] disc, round cake; compare Late Hebrew קַרְסוֺל, קַרְצוֺל, ᵑ7 קַרְסוּלָּא, קַרְצוּלָא all ankle); —
