Quick Definition
to stir up
Strong's Definition
properly, to grate, i.e. (figuratively) to anger
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: contend, meddle, stir up, strive.
TWOT Reference: 378
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to cause strife, stir up, contend, meddle, strive, be stirred up
1a) (Piel) to stir up strife, excite strife
1b)(Hithpael)
1b1) to excite oneself against, engage in strife
1b2) to excite oneself (against foe), wage war
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to cause strife, stir up, contend, meddle, strive, be stirred up
1a) (Piel) to stir up strife, excite strife
1b)(Hithpael)
1b1) to excite oneself against, engage in strife
1b2) to excite oneself (against foe), wage war
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גָּרָה
gârâh
BDB Definition:
1) to cause strife, stir up, contend, meddle, strive, be stirred up
1a) (Piel) to stir up strife, excite strife
1b) (Hithpael)
1b1) to excite oneself against, engage in strife
1b2) to excite oneself (against foe), wage war
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 378
Total KJV Occurrences: 14