To make bald
קָרַחStrong’s H7139qarach (qa-rach)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qarach is the Hebrew word usually translated “make bald”, “anyone will make himself bald” and “made bald”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To be bald, make bald(Qal) to make bald, make a baldness · (Niphal) to make oneself bald · (Hiphil) to make oneself bald · (Hophal) to make bald
How it's translated
- they will make bald 1
- anyone will make himself bald 1
- and they will make bald 1
- made bald 1
- make bald 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 2
- Leviticus 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Micah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 16:6Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
- Ezekiel 27:31And 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.
- Ezekiel 29:18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
- Micah 1:16Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
Hebrew dictionary
קָרַח qarach · to make bald
1) to be bald, make bald 1a) (Qal) to make bald, make a baldness 1b) (Niphal) to make oneself bald 1c) (Hiphil) to make oneself bald 1d)(Hophal) to make bald
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.