Qera קֶ֫רַע

Qera (Hebrew קֶ֫רַע, Strong's H7168) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “rags”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Qera, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 11:30
  And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
• 1 Kings 11:31
  And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 2:12
  And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 23:21
  For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).