Hebrew word study

גָּרַעgâraʻ to scrape off

Pronounced “gaw-rah'

to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold

Translated in the King James as: abate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.

Appears 22 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Exodus 4×
Exodus 5:8Exodus 5:11Exodus 5:19Exodus 21:10
Leviticus 1×
Leviticus 27:18
Numbers 5×
Numbers 9:7Numbers 27:4Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4+ 1 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 2×
Deuteronomy 4:2Deuteronomy 12:32
Job 4×
Job 15:4Job 15:8Job 36:7Job 36:27
Ecclesiastes 1×
Eccles 3:14
Isaiah 1×
Isaiah 15:2
Jeremiah 2×
Jeremiah 26:2Jeremiah 48:37
Ezekiel 2×
Ezekiel 5:11Ezekiel 16:27

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