קֶרַעqeraʻ
rag, torn piece of garment (1 Kings 11:30; 1 Kings 11:31; 2 Kings 2:12; Proverbs 23:31)
Pronunciation: keh'-rah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7168
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 11:30 and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.
- 1 Kings 11:31 Then he said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give ten of the tribes to you!
- 2 Kings 2:12 Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress.
- Proverbs 23:21 for they are on their way to poverty, and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
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).