To drive out
גָּרַשׁStrong’s H1644garash (ga-rash)
Appears in 45 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Garash is the Hebrew word usually translated “drove out”, “divorced” and “drive out”. It appears in 45 verses of the Old Testament.
“So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Meaning
- To drive out, expel, cast out, drive away, divorce, put away, thrust away, trouble, cast up(Qal) to thrust out, cast out · (Niphal) to be driven away, be tossed · (Piel) to drive out, drive away · (Pual) to be thrust out
How it's translated
- and he drove out 5
- and a divorced 4
- drive out 2
- i will drive out it 2
- and i will drive out it 2
- you have driven away 1
- and they drove away them 1
- he will drive out them 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 11
- Judges 5
- Genesis 3
- Leviticus 3
- Numbers 3
- Psalms 3
21 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 4:14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
- Genesis 21:10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
- Exodus 2:17And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
- Exodus 6:1Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
- Exodus 10:11Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
- Exodus 11:1And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
All 45 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
גָּרַשׁ garash · to drive out
: drive out 1) to drive out, expel, cast out, drive away, divorce, put away, thrust away, trouble, cast up 1a) (Qal) to thrust out, cast out 1b) (Niphal) to be driven away, be tossed 1c) (Piel) to drive out, drive away 1d) (Pual) to be thrust out Also means: ga.rash (גָּרַשׁ ": divorce" H1644H)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “divorced” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DIVORCED, participle passive
Separated by a dissolution of the marriage contract; separated from bed and board; parted; forced asunder.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.