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Lexicon :: Strong's H7140 - qeraḥ

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קֶרַח
Transliteration
qeraḥ
Pronunciation
keh'-rakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2070a

Strong’s Definitions

קֶרַח qerach, keh'-rakh; or קֹרַח qôrach; from H7139; ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal:—crystal, frost, ice.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H7140 in the following manner: frost (3x), ice (3x), crystal (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H7140 in the following manner: frost (3x), ice (3x), crystal (1x).

  1. frost, ice, ice crystal

    1. frost (of night)

    2. ice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קֶרַח qerach, keh'-rakh; or קֹרַח qôrach; from H7139; ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal:—crystal, frost, ice.
STRONGS H7140: Abbreviations
† קֶ֫רַח noun masculineJob 38:29 frost, ice; — absolute ק׳ Genesis 31:40 +, קָ֑רַח Job 6:16 +; suffix קַרְחוֺ Psalm 147:17; —
1. frost of night (opposed to חֹרֶב of day), Genesis 31:40 (E), Jeremiah 36:30.
2. ice, Job 6:16; Job 37:10; Job 38:29 (|| כְפֹר hoarfrost), כְפִתִּים מַשְׁלִיח ק׳ Psalm 147:17 (Hup and others think of hail, but see Bae; || קָרָה cold, שֶׁלֶג, כְּפוֺר Psalm 147:16); probably also כְּעֵין ק׳ Ezekiel 1:22 (so Krae; most crystal, after Greek Version of the LXX).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:40; 31:40

Job

6:16; 6:16; 37:10; 38:29; 38:29

Psalms

147:16; 147:17; 147:17

Jeremiah

36:30

Ezekiel

1:22

H7140

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7140 matches the Hebrew קֶרַח (qeraḥ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:40 - “This was my situation: by day the heat consumed me and by night the cold, and [fn]I could not sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16 -

Which are dull and dirty because of ice,

And into which the snow melts and hides itself;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:10 -

“Ice is made by the breath of God,

And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 -

“Out of whose womb has come the ice?

And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:17 -

He casts out His ice like fragments;

Who can stand before His cold?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30 - ‘Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah, “[fn]He shall have no heir to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be thrown out to the heat of the day and to the frost of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 -

Now stretched over the heads of the living beings there was something like an expanse, looking like the terrible and awesome shimmer of icy crystal.

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