To drag/chew/saw
גָּרַרStrong’s H1641garar (ga-rar)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Garar is the Hebrew word usually translated “it ruminates”, “sawn” and “it will drag away them”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.”
Meaning
- To drag, drag away(Qal) to drag away · (Niphal) to chew the cud · (Poal) sawn (participle) · (Hithpoel) roaring (participle)
How it's translated
- it ruminates 1
- sawn 1
- it will drag away them 1
- staying as a sojourner 1
- they assemble themselves 1
- he drags away it 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 1
- 1 Kings 1
- Proverbs 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Hosea 1
- Habakkuk 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 7:9All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
- Proverbs 21:7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
- Jeremiah 30:23Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
- Hosea 7:14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
- Habakkuk 1:15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Hebrew dictionary
גָּרַר garar · to drag/chew/saw
1) to drag, drag away 1a) (Qal) to drag away 1b) (Niphal) to chew the cud 1c) (Poal) sawn (participle) 1d) (Hithpoel) roaring (participle)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.