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

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“There I was ​— ​the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

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and become darkened[fn] because of ice,

and the snow melts into them.

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Ice is formed by the breath of God,

and watery expanses are frozen.

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Whose womb did the ice come from?

Who gave birth to the frost of heaven

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he throws his hailstones like crumbs.

Who can withstand his cold?

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Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his corpse will be thrown out to be exposed to the heat of day and the frost of night.

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Over the heads of the living creatures the likeness of an expanse was spread out. It gleamed like awe-inspiring crystal,

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