קׇרְחָה qorchah

Hebrew word for “bald spot” · Strong’s H7144 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

baldness, bald

How it is translated

Glosses given for qorchah in context, with how often each is used:

• baldness 10
• will be baldness 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 21 (1), Deuteronomy 14 (1), Isaiah 3 (1), Isaiah 15 (1), Isaiah 22 (1), Jeremiah 47 (1), Jeremiah 48 (1), Ezekiel 7 (1), Ezekiel 27 (1), Amos 8 (1)

Forms

• קרחה 9
• ולקרחה 1
• קרחתך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qorchah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שַׂק saq “sackcloth” 6
• קָרַח qarach “to make bald” 3
• זָקָן zaqan “beard” 3
• חָגַר chagar “to gird” 3
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 5
• גָּדַד gadad “to cut” 2
• מִסְפֵּד misped “mourning” 2
• גָּרַע gara “to dimish” 2
• בְּכִי bekhi “weeping” 2
• מַר mar “bitter” 2
• מׇתְנַיִם moten “loin” 2
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 2

Key verses

The verses using qorchah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 21:5 — They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
• Deuteronomy 14:1 — Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
• Isaiah 3:24 — And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead…
• 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…
• Isaiah 22:12 — And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
• Jeremiah 47:5 — Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
• 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 7:18 — They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
• Ezekiel 27:31 — And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
• Amos 8:10 — And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and…
• Micah 1:16 — Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

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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.