Strong's H1639
גָּרַע
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
Definition
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, גָּרַע is translated as: abate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.