גָּרַע gara
Hebrew word for “to dimish” · Strong’s H1639 · used 22 times in 21 verses
Meaning
1) to diminish, restrain, withdraw, abate, keep back, do away, take from, clip;
How it is translated
Glosses given for gara in context, with how often each is used:
- diminished 3
- will be withdrawn 3
- will diminish 2
- must diminish 2
- will reduce 1
- will be deducted 1
- restrained 1
- will it be withdrawn 1
- may diminish 1
- may restrain? 1
- withdraws 1
- draws up 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Exodus | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 4 | 0.5 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 5 (3), Numbers 36 (2), Job 15 (2), Job 36 (2), Exodus 21 (1), Leviticus 27 (1), Numbers 9 (1), Numbers 27 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), Deuteronomy 12 (1)
Forms
- יגרע 6
- תגרעו 3
- נגרע 2
- תגרע 2
- ותגרע 2
- ונגרע 1
- ונגרעה 1
- לגרע 1
- גרועה 1
- גרעה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with gara more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יָסַף yasaph “to add” 5
- לְבֵנָה levenah “brick” 2
- קׇרְחָה qorchah “bald spot” 2
- דָּבָר davar “word” 5
- זָקָן zaqan “beard” 2
- יוֹבֵל yovel “jubilee/horn” 2
- אִם im “if” 4
- מִן־ min “from” 4
- צָוָה tsavah “to command” 3
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 3
- נַחֲלָה nachalah “inheritance” 2
- מַטֶּה matteh “tribe” 2
Key verses
The verses using gara that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 4:2 — Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I…
- Deuteronomy 12:32 — What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- Job 15:4 — Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
- Job 15:8 — Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
- Job 36:7 — He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
- Job 36:27 — For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
- Ecclesiastes 3:14 — I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before…
- Isaiah 15:2 — He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every…
- Jeremiah 26:2 — Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words…
- Jeremiah 48:37 — For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
- Ezekiel 5:11 — Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations,…
- Ezekiel 16:27 — Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.