Strongs Number: H7167
- Hebrew Word
- קָרַע
- Transliteration
- qâraʻ
- Phonetic
- kaw-rah'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to {rend} literally or figuratively ({revile } paint the {eyes} as if enlarging them)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to tear, tear in pieces
a. (Qal)
1. to tear, rend
2. to tear away or out
3. to tear, rend asunder 1a
b. to make wide or large (of eyes) 1a
c. to rend open (of heavens)
1. to tear, rend (of wild beasts)
d. (Niphal) to be rent, be split asunder
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- cut {out} {rend} X-(idiom) {surely} tear.