Quick Definition
to make bald
Strong's Definition
to depilate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: make (self) bald.
TWOT Reference: 2069
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָרַח (qa.rach) — 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · קֵרֵחַ · קָרְחָה · קָרַחַת
Bald | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ בכה · חגר שַׂקִּים
Collocation: קרח קָרְחָה
to create bald spots literally: to make bald baldness; hence: = action by which a human being uses a sharp implement to remove the hair on (part of) his scalp, ► as a sign of mourning
Bald | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ גדד · גזז · ספד
to shave = action by which a human being uses a sharp implement to remove the hair from (part of) his scalp, ► as a sign of mourning
Bald | verb hof | ≈ מרט
to make bald = causative process by which the hair on one's scalp is made to disappear
1 LEV 21:5 MT-K יקרחה | MT-Q יִקְרְחוּ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קָרַח vb. make bald, or a baldness, usu. (by mourners) for the dead Qal make a baldness … for.
Niph. men shall not make themselves bald for them.
Hiph. and they shall make a baldness for thee.
Hoph. every head made bald (by carrying load).
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