H7139: קָרַח
qârach · pronounced kaw-rakh' · “to make bald”
Definition
to depilate
KJV translates it as: make (self) bald.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to make bald, make a baldness
1b) (Niphal) to make oneself bald
1c) (Hiphil) to make oneself bald
1d)(Hophal) to make bald
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7139 is translated
- they will make bald ×2
- anyone will make himself bald ×1
- was made bald ×1
- make bald ×1
Bible verses with H7139 (qârach)
Qârach appears in 5 verses.
- Leviticus 21:5
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
- Jeremiah 16:6
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
- Ezekiel 27:31
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
- Ezekiel 29:18
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
- Micah 1:16
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.