H7144 - קׇרְחָה (qorchâh)

H7144 קׇרְחָה (qorchâh) kor-khaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

bald spot

Strong's Definition

baldness

Derivation: or קׇרְחָא; (Ezekiel 27:31), from H7139 (קָרַח);

KJV Usage: bald(-ness), [idiom] utterly.

TWOT Reference: 2069b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) baldness, bald

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

baldness, bald

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קָרְחָא / קָרְחָה qorchâh / qorchâ BDB Definition: 1) baldness, bald Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7139 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2069b Total KJV Occurrences: 10

Bible Occurrences (11)

21:5

14:1

3:24 15:2 22:12

47:5 48:37

7:18 27:31

8:10

1:16

Leviticus 21:5

Priests must not make bald... spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards,...... or make cuts in their bodies....

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads... on behalf of the dead,

Isaiah 3:24

Instead of fragrance there will be a stench;... instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth...; instead of beauty, shame.

Isaiah 15:2

Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Jeremiah 47:5

The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning -; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long... will you gash yourself?

Jeremiah 48:37

For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist [is] sackcloth.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth, and terror... will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.