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Lexicon :: Strong's H7167 - qāraʿ

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קָרַע
Transliteration
qāraʿ
Pronunciation
kaw-rah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2074

Strong’s Definitions

קָרַע qâraʻ, kaw-rah'; a primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them):—cut out, rend, × surely, tear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x

The KJV translates Strong's H7167 in the following manner: rent (54x), tear (4x), rend away (2x), cut (1x), cut out (1x), surely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x
The KJV translates Strong's H7167 in the following manner: rent (54x), tear (4x), rend away (2x), cut (1x), cut out (1x), surely (1x).

  1. to tear, tear in pieces

    1. (Qal)

      1. to tear, rend

      2. to tear away or out

      3. to tear, rend asunder

        1. to make wide or large (of eyes)

        2. to rend open (of heavens)

      4. to tear, rend (of wild beasts)

    2. (Niphal) to be rent, be split asunder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָרַע qâraʻ, kaw-rah'; a primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them):—cut out, rend, × surely, tear.
STRONGS H7167: Abbreviations
קָרַע 63 verb tear (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb090202 strike head, bell, etc., beat drum, box ear, gnash teeth (Frey Dozy); also impugn, censure); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ק׳ 1 Samuel 15:28 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular זַיִּקְרַע Genesis 37:29 +; 1st person singular suffix אֶקְרָעֶנָּה 1 Kings 11:12, etc.; Imperative masculine plural קִרְעוּ 2 Samuel 3:31; Joel 2:13; Infinitive absolute קָרֹעַ 1 Kings 11:11; construct לִקְרוֺעַ Ecclesiastes 3:7, suffix קָרְעִי Ezra 9:5; Participle active קֹרֵעַ 1 Kings 11:31; passive קָרוּעַ 2 Samuel 15:32, etc.; — tear, rend:
1.
a. usually (39 times) of rending garment in
(1) sign of grief, distress: בֶּגֶד (29 times) Genesis 37:29, 34; Genesis 44:13; 2 Samuel 13:19 +; לִשְׁנַיִם קְרָעִים ב׳ ק׳ 2 Kings 2:12, לְבַבְכֶם וְאַל ב׳ ק׳ Joel 2:13; participle Pass. בְּגָדָיו ק׳ 2 Samuel 1:2; construct קְרֻעֵי ב׳ torn of garments (pers. with torn garments 2 Samuel 13:31 (but read קָֽרְעוּ ב׳ Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Th We and others), 2 Kings 18:37 = Isaiah 36:22; Jeremiah 41:5; מְעִיל Job 1:20; Job 2:12; Ezra 9:3 (+ בֶּנֶד), כְּתֹנֶת 2 Samuel 13:19, קָרוּעַ כֻּתָּנְתּוֺ 2 Samuel 15:32 (Ges§ 121d); שְׂמָתֹ Genesis 37:34; Genesis 44:13; Joshua 7:6; passive participle מַדָּיו קְרֻעִים 1 Samuel 4:12;
† (2) as symbolic act, שַׂלְמָה שְׁנֵים עָשָׁר קְרָעִים ק׳ 1 Kings 11:30;
† (3) absolute עֵת לִקְרוֺעַ וְעֵת לִתְמּוֺר Ecclesiastes 3:7.
b. tear away or out: veils Ezekiel 13:21, fillets from (מֵעַל) arms Ezekiel 13:20, mark of leprosy out of (מִן) garment Leviticus 13:56.
†2. tear away sovereignty (under figure of garment), subject י׳, מֵעַל person 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Kings 11:11, also מִיַּד 1 Samuel 28:17; 1 Kings 11:12, 31, מִן 1 Kings 14:8, absolute 1 Kings 11:13; with accusative יִשׂ׳ + מֵעַל 2 Kings 17:21.
†3. tear, rend asunder:
a. book with (ב) knife Jeremiah 36:23.
b. = make wide, large, eyes, with (ב) stibium Jeremiah 4:30; windows, לוֺ וק׳ [ו]חַלּוֺנָ֑י Jeremiah 22:14.
c. rend open heavens, and descend of י׳, Isaiah 63:19.
4. tear, rend, of wild beasts: י׳ as fierce bear Hosea 13:8 (object סְגוֺר לִבָּם); figurative of human foes Psalm 35:15 (accusative of person omitted), so Hup and others, but (from context) Ol Bae We and others malign, rail (compare Arabic above); > Gr and others קָרְאוֺ.
† Niph. be rent, of garment (מְעִיל), Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּקָּרַ֑ע 1 Samuel 15:27, יִקָּרֵעַ Exodus 28:32; Exodus 39:23; be rent, split asunder, of altar 1 Kings 13:3, 5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:29; 37:29; 37:34; 37:34; 44:13; 44:13

Exodus

28:32; 39:23

Leviticus

13:56

Joshua

7:6

1 Samuel

4:12; 15:27; 15:28; 15:28; 28:17

2 Samuel

1:2; 3:31; 13:19; 13:19; 13:31; 15:32; 15:32

1 Kings

11:11; 11:11; 11:12; 11:12; 11:13; 11:30; 11:31; 11:31; 13:3; 13:5; 14:8

2 Kings

2:12; 17:21; 18:37

Ezra

9:3; 9:5

Job

1:20; 2:12

Psalms

35:15

Ecclesiastes

3:7; 3:7

Isaiah

36:22; 63:19

Jeremiah

4:30; 22:14; 36:23; 41:5

Ezekiel

13:20; 13:21

Hosea

13:8

Joel

2:13; 2:13

H7167

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Strong's Number H7167 matches the Hebrew קָרַע (qāraʿ),
which occurs 10 times in 9 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:11 - So Yahweh said to Solomon, “Because this has happened with you: you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, so I will surely H7167 tear H7167 the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:12 - “Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear H7167 it out H7167 of the hand of your son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13 - “However, I will not tear H7167 away H7167 all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore H7167 it into twelve pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31 - And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I will tear H7167 the kingdom out H7167 of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:3 - Then he gave a miraculous sign the same day, saying, “This is the miraculous sign which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn H7167 apart H7167 and the [fn]ashes which are on it shall be poured out.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:5 - The altar also was torn H7167 apart H7167 and the [fn]ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the miraculous sign which the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:8 - and tore H7167 the kingdom away H7167 from the house of David and gave it to you—yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who walked after Me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in My sight;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 -

Now it happened when Ahab heard these words, that he tore H7167 his clothes and put [fn]on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about [fn]despondently.

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