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Lexicon :: Strong's H1644 - gāraš

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גָּרַשׁ
Transliteration
gāraš
Pronunciation
gaw-rash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 388

Strong’s Definitions

גָּרַשׁ gârash, gaw-rash'; a primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce:—cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, × surely put away, trouble, thrust out.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H1644 in the following manner: drive out (20x), cast out (8x), thrust out (6x), drive away (2x), put away (2x), divorced (2x), driven (1x), expel (1x), drive forth (1x), surely (1x), troubled (1x), cast up (1x), divorced woman (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H1644 in the following manner: drive out (20x), cast out (8x), thrust out (6x), drive away (2x), put away (2x), divorced (2x), driven (1x), expel (1x), drive forth (1x), surely (1x), troubled (1x), cast up (1x), divorced woman (1x).

  1. to drive out, expel, cast out, drive away, divorce, put away, thrust away, trouble, cast up

    1. (Qal) to thrust out, cast out

    2. (Niphal) to be driven away, be tossed

    3. (Piel) to drive out, drive away

    4. (Pual) to be thrust out

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּרַשׁ gârash, gaw-rash'; a primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce:—cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, × surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
STRONGS H1644: Abbreviations
† [גָּרַשׁ] verb drive out, cast out (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּרַשׁ Pa. Ithp. of divorce, MI19 ויגרשה) —
Qal Imperfect וַיִּגְרְשׁוּ Isaiah 57:20; Infinitive suffix מִגְרָשָׁהּ Ezekiel 36:5 below; Participle active גֹּרֵשׁ Exodus 34:11; passive feminine גְּרוּשָׁה Leviticus 21:7 + 4 times; — cast our, thrust out, י׳, the Amorites Exodus 34:11 (J E; with מִמְּנֵי); waters, mire and dirt רֶפֶשׁ וָטִיט Isaiah 57:20; passive only of divorced woman Leviticus 21:7 (followed by מֵאִישָׁהּ; elsewhere with אַלְמָנָה widow), Leviticus 21:14; Leviticus 22:13 (all H), Numbers 30:10 (P) Ezekiel 44:22. On מִגְרָשָׁהּ Ezekiel 36:5 as Aramaic Infinitive compare Ges§ 45 1. c. Köi 166; Co strike out, on internal grounds, compare Greek Version of the LXX
Niph. Perfect נִגְרָ֑שׁ Isaiah 57:20; 3rd person 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 Isaiah 57:20 rel. clause, אֲשֶׁר omitted, like the sea that is tossed.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְגֵרְשָׁה consecutive Exodus 23:28; גֵּרַשְׁתָּ Genesis 4:14, suffix 3rd person masculine plural וְגֵרַשְׁתָּמוֺ consecutive Exodus 23:31; וְגֵרַשְׁתִּ֫י Exodus 33:2, suffix גֵּרַשְׁתִּיהוּ Ezekiel 31:11 (so Targum Vulgate, not Greek Version of the LXX; compare Co's conjecture); וְגֵּרַשְׁתִּיו consecutive Numbers 22:11; 3rd person plural suffix גֵּרְשׁוּנִי 1 Samuel 26:19; Imperfect יְגָרֵשׁ Exodus 11:1, וַיְגָ֫רֶשׁ Genesis 3:24 + 6 times; suffix וַיְגָרֲשֵׁהוּ Psalm 34:1, יְגָָֽרֲשֵׁם Exodus 6:1; 2nd person masculine singular תְּגָרֵשׁ Psalm 80:9, וַתְּגָ֫רֶשׁ Joshua 24:12; אֲגָרֵשׁ Judges 2:3, וָֽאֲגָרֵשׁ Judges 6:9; suffix 3rd person masculine singular אֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּ Exodus 23:29,30; Numbers 22:6; אֲגָֽרֲשֵׁם Hosea 9:15; וַיְגָֽרֲשׁוּ Judges 11:2; יְגָרְשׁוּהָ Zephaniah 2:4, וַיְגָרְשׁוּם Exodus 2:17; 2nd person masculine plural תְּגָֽרֲשׁוּן Micah 2:9, וַתְּגָֽרֲשׁוּנִי Judges 11:7; Infinitive construct לְגָרֵשׁ 1 Chronicles 17:21 + || 2 Samuel 7:23 Gei We Dr, for MT לארצך; לְגָָֽרֲשֵׁנוּ 2 Chronicles 20:11; absolute id. Exodus 11:1; Imperative גָּרֵשׁ Genesis 21:10; Proverbs 22:10; — drive out, away, Hexateuch all J E, including poem Deuteronomy 33; (י׳ subject), Adam from garden Genesis 3:24 compare Cain Genesis 4:14 (followed by מִן local, & so + 21 times), David (men subject) 1 Samuel 26:19, id. (Abimelech subject) Psalm 34:1 (title), Hagar (Abraham subject) Genesis 21:10 compare scorner, Proverbs 22:10 daughters of Reuel (subject shepherds) Exodus 2:17; Moses and Aaron from Pharaoh's presence (indefinite subject) Exodus 10:11; Gaal etc. (subject Zebul) Judges 9:41 (followed by מִן with Infinitive), Jephthah (Gil. subject) Judges 11:2,7; Abiathar (subject Solomon) 1 Kings 2:27 (followed by מִן with Infinitive) wicked from temple (י׳ subject) Hosea 9:15; women from houses (nobles subject) Micah 2:9; often of Canaanites (hornet subject) Exodus 23:28; Joshua 24:12 compare Exodus 23:31 (Israel subject); also (י׳ subject; compare MI19) Exodus 23:29,30; Exodus 33:2; Deuteronomy 33:27; Joshua 24:18; Judges 2:3; Judges 6:9; Psalm 78:55; Psalm 80:9; 1 Chronicles 17:21; of Israel from Egypt (subject Pharaoh) Exodus 6:1; Exodus 11:1 (twice in verse); from land of Moab (subject Balak) Numbers 22:6, 11; Judah from Canaan (subject Moab & Ammon) 2 Chronicles 20:11; Egypt from her land (י׳ subject) Ezekiel 31:11 (but compare text, above); Ashdod (indefinite subject) Zephaniah 2:4.
† Pu. Perfect גֹּרְשׁוּ subject Israelites Exodus 12:39; Imperfect יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ subject despised and miserable outcasts Job 30:5 both followed by מִן local.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:24; 3:24; 4:14; 4:14; 21:10; 21:10

Exodus

2:17; 2:17; 6:1; 6:1; 10:11; 11:1; 11:1; 11:1; 12:39; 23:28; 23:28; 23:29; 23:29; 23:30; 23:30; 23:31; 23:31; 33:2; 33:2; 34:11; 34:11

Leviticus

21:7; 21:7; 21:14; 22:13

Numbers

22:6; 22:6; 22:11; 22:11; 30:10

Deuteronomy

33; 33:27

Joshua

24:12; 24:12; 24:18

Judges

2:3; 2:3; 6:9; 6:9; 9:41; 11:2; 11:2; 11:7; 11:7

1 Samuel

26:19; 26:19

2 Samuel

7:23

1 Kings

2:27

1 Chronicles

17:21; 17:21

2 Chronicles

20:11; 20:11

Job

30:5

Psalms

34:1; 34:1; 78:55; 80:9; 80:9

Proverbs

22:10; 22:10

Isaiah

57:20; 57:20; 57:20; 57:20

Ezekiel

31:11; 31:11; 36:5; 36:5; 44:22

Hosea

9:15; 9:15

Amos

8:8; 8:8

Jonah

2:5; 2:5

Micah

2:9; 2:9

Zephaniah

2:4; 2:4

H1644

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1644 matches the Hebrew גָּרַשׁ (gāraš),
which occurs 47 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side[fn] of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:17 - Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:1 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:11 - No! Have only the men go and worship the LORD, since that’s what you have been asking for.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:1 - Now the LORD had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:39 - With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:28 - I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:29 - But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:30 - Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea[fn] to the Mediterranean Sea,[fn] and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:2 - I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:11 - Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - “ ‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:13 - But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced, yet has no children, and she returns to live in her father’s household as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food. No unauthorized person, however, may eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - Now come and put a curse on these people, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps then I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - ‘A people that has come out of Egypt covers the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps then I will be able to fight them and drive them away.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:9 - “Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:27 - The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemies before you, saying, ‘Destroy them!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - I sent the hornet ahead of you, which drove them out before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:18 - And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because he is our God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3 - And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; they will become traps for you, and their gods will become snares to you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:9 - I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors; I drove them out before you and gave you their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - Then Abimelek stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his clan out of Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:2 - Gilead’s wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up, they drove Jephthah away. “You are not going to get any inheritance in our family,” they said, “because you are the son of another woman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - Jephthah said to them, “Didn’t you hate me and drive me from my father’s house? Why do you come to me now, when you’re in trouble?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - Now let my lord the king listen to his servant’s words. If the LORD has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. If, however, people have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD! They have driven me today from my share in the LORD’s inheritance and have said, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 - So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD, fulfilling the word the LORD had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:21 - And who is like your people Israel—the one nation on earth whose God went out to redeem a people for himself, and to make a name for yourself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:11 - See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:5 - They were banished from human society, shouted at as if they were thieves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:1 - [fn][fn]Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left. I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:8 - You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:10 - Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:20 - But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:11 - I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:22 - They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - “Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - “Will not the land tremble for this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:4 - I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:9 - You drive the women of my people from their pleasant homes. You take away my blessing from their children forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon left in ruins. At midday Ashdod will be emptied and Ekron uprooted.
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