קָרַעqâraʻ
tear
Pronunciation: kaw-rah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7167
Meanings
Qal: tear, rend (1 Samuel 15:28; Genesis 37:29; 1 Kings 11:12)
1.
a. usually, of rending garment (Genesis 37:29; Genesis 37:34; Genesis 44:13)
b. tear away or out (Ezekiel 13:21; Ezekiel 13:20; Leviticus 13:56)
2. tear away sovereignty (under figure of garment) (1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Kings 11:11; 1 Samuel 28:17)
3. tear, rend asunder
b. = make wide, large (Jeremiah 4:30; Jeremiah 22:14)
c. rend open (Isaiah 63:19)
4. tear, rend, of wild beasts (Hosea 13:8; Psalms 35:15)
Niph`al: be rent, split asunder (1 Samuel 15:27; Exodus 28:32; Exodus 39:23)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 63 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 37:29 Some time later, Reuben returned to get Joseph out of the cistern. When he discovered that Joseph was missing, he tore his clothes in grief.
- Genesis 37:34 Then Jacob tore his clothes and dressed himself in burlap. He mourned deeply for his son for a long time.
- Genesis 44:13 When the brothers saw this, they tore their clothing in despair. Then they loaded their donkeys again and returned to the city.
- Exodus 28:32 with an opening for Aaron’s head in the middle of it. Reinforce the opening with a woven collar so it will not tear.
- Exodus 39:23 with an opening for Aaron’s head in the middle of it. The opening was reinforced with a woven collar so it would not tear.
- Leviticus 13:56 But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has faded after being washed, he must cut the spot from the clothing, the fabric, or the leather.
See every passage
- Genesis 37:29, 37:34, 44:13
- Exodus 28:32, 39:23
- Leviticus 13:56
- Numbers 14:6
- Joshua 7:6
- Judges 11:35
- 1 Samuel 4:12, 15:27, 15:28, 28:17
- 2 Samuel 1:2, 1:11, 3:31, 13:19, 13:31, 15:32
- 1 Kings 11:11, 11:12, 11:13, 11:30, 11:31, 13:3, 13:5, 14:8, 21:27
- 2 Kings 2:12, 5:7, 5:8, 6:30, 11:14, 17:21, 18:37, 19:1, 22:11, 22:19
- 2 Chronicles 23:13, 34:19, 34:27
- Ezra 9:3, 9:5
- Esther 4:1
- Job 1:20, 2:12
- Psalms 35:15
- Ecclesiastes 3:7
- Isaiah 36:22, 37:1, 64:1
- Jeremiah 4:30, 22:14, 36:23, 36:24, 41:5
- Ezekiel 13:20, 13:21
- Hosea 13:8
- Joel 2:13
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).