Qereach קֵרֵחַ
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| קֵרֵחַ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | qereach |
| Strong's number | H7142 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | bald |
| Occurrences | 3 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Leviticus (1) |
Qereach (Hebrew קֵרֵחַ, Strong's H7142) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “bald”. It occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
bald
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | head (2), bald (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | you baldhead (2), is bald (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Qereach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 13:40And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 2:23And he went up from thence unto Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).