Quick Definition
to wink
Strong's Definition
to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: form, move, wink.
TWOT Reference: 2075
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
קָרַץ (qa.rats) — to wink. 1) to narrow, form, nip, pinch, squeeze, wink, purse 1a) (Qal) to pinch 1b) (Pual) to be nipped or pinched off, be formed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · קֶרֶץ
Stance | verb qal
Collocation: קרץ שָׂפָה
to purse one's lips = causative action by which humans press their lips together, ≈ which is associated with evil intent
Stance | verb qal | ≈ עָצָה
to wink the eyes = causative action by which humans close and open one eye quickly, ≈ which is associated with gloating and evil intent
Shape | verb pu'al
to mould = causative action by which humans fashion a substance like clay into an object
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קָרַץ] vb. nip, pinch Qal let them not pinch the eye, i.e. wink maliciously
Pu. from clay I was nipped off
base