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גָּרַע

gâraʻ · gaw-rah'Hebrew · H1639

Derivation

a primitive root;

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

abate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.

Translated as

diminish (4), taken (3), away (2), minish (1), abated (1), back (1), restrainest (1), restrain (1), withdraweth (1), small (1), clipped (1), diminished (1)

Where it appears

Found in 17 verses

Exodus
5:8, 5:19
Leviticus
27:18
Numbers
9:7, 27:4, 36:3, 36:4
Deuteronomy
4:2
Ecclesiastes
3:14
Jeremiah
26:2, 48:37
Ezekiel
5:11, 16:27

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