גָּרַשׁgârash
drive out, cast out
Pronunciation: gaw-rash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1644
Meanings
Qal: cast out, thrust out (Isaiah 57:20; Ezekiel 36:5; Exodus 34:11)
Niph`al: be driven away (Isaiah 57:20; Amos 8:8; Jonah 2:5)
Pi`el: drive out, away (Exodus 23:28; Genesis 4:14; Exodus 23:31)
Same root
- גֶּרֶשׁgeresh · H1645produce (as if expelled)
- גְרֻשָׁהgᵉrushâh · H1646(abstractly) dispossession
- גֵּרְשׁוֹןGêrᵉshôwn · H1648Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite
- מִגְרָשׁmigrâsh · H4054a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the sea
Where it appears
Appears 47 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 3:24 After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
- Genesis 4:14 You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!”
- Genesis 21:10 So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won’t have it!”
- Exodus 2:17 But some other shepherds came and chased them away. So Moses jumped up and rescued the girls from the shepherds. Then he drew water for their flocks.
- Exodus 6:1 Then the Lord told Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. When he feels the force of my strong hand, he will let the people go. In fact, he will force them to leave his land!”
- Exodus 10:11 Never! Only the men may go and worship the Lord, since that is what you requested.” And Pharaoh threw them out of the palace.
See every passage
- Genesis 3:24, 4:14, 21:10
- Exodus 2:17, 6:1, 10:11, 11:1, 12:39, 23:28, 23:29, 23:30, 23:31, 33:2, 34:11
- Leviticus 21:7, 21:14, 22:13
- Numbers 22:6, 22:11, 30:9
- Deuteronomy 33:27
- Joshua 24:12, 24:18
- Judges 2:3, 6:9, 9:41, 11:2, 11:7
- 1 Samuel 26:19
- 1 Kings 2:27
- 1 Chronicles 17:21
- 2 Chronicles 20:11
- Job 30:5
- Psalms 34:0, 78:55, 80:8
- Proverbs 22:10
- Isaiah 57:20
- Ezekiel 31:11, 44:22
- Hosea 9:15
- Amos 8:8
- Jonah 2:4
- Micah 2:9
- Zephaniah 2:4
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).