גָּרַע

gâraʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H1639 · 22 occurrences

The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “withdraw”

What it means

to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

abate, clip, diminish, do away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“withdraw”

also renders hypostéllō (G5288), apospáō (G645), yânach (H3240), nâdach (H5080), çûwr (H5493)

“restrain”

also renders bâtsar (H1219), mânaʻ (H4513), ʻâtsâr (H6113)

“abate”

also renders qâlal (H7043), râphâh (H7503)

“do away”

also renders katargéō (G2673), ʻâbar (H5674)

“diminish”

also renders mâʻaṭ (H4591)

“keep back”

also renders nosphízomai (G3557)

Questions this word decides

Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?

Where it appears

22 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 21 verses shown.

Deuteronomy 4:2 HVqi2mpDeuteronomy 12:32 HVqi2msEcclesiastes 3:14 HR/VqcExodus 5:8 HVqi2mpExodus 5:11 HVNrmsaExodus 5:19 HVqi2mpExodus 21:10 HVqi3msEzekiel 5:11 HVqi1csEzekiel 16:27 HC/Vqw1csIsaiah 15:2 HVqsfsaJeremiah 26:2 HVqj2msJeremiah 48:37 HVqsfsaJob 15:4 HC/Vqi2msJob 15:8 HC/Vqi2msJob 36:7 HVqi3msJob 36:27 HVpi3msLeviticus 27:18 HC/VNq3msNumbers 9:7 HVNi1cpNumbers 27:4 HVNi3msNumbers 36:3 HC/VNq3fsNumbers 36:4 HVNi3ms

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.