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H7140 קֶרַח (qerach) keh'-rakh

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

ice

Strong's Definition

ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal

Derivation: or קֹרַח; from H7139 (קָרַח);

KJV Usage: crystal, frost, ice.

TWOT Reference: 2070a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) frost, ice, ice crystal
1a) frost (of night)
1b) ice

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קֶ֫רַח (qe.rach) — ice. 1) frost, ice, ice crystal 1a) frost (of night) 1b) ice

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Cold | ≠ חֹרֶב

cold = a state of low temperature that develops overnight due to the absence of sunlight

GEN 31:40 · JER 36:30

Liquids | ≠ חֹרֶב

ice = water that has frozen to ice or snow and gleams like crystal

JOB 6:16 · JOB 37:10 · JOB 38:29 · EZK 1:22

Rain

hail = pellets of ice that fall from the sky as precipitation

PSA 147:17

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קֶ֫רַח n.m. frost, ice base

Bible Occurrences (7)

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