1638. garas
Berean Strong's Lexicon
garas: To drive out, to expel, to cast out, to divorce

Original Word: גָּרַשׁ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: garas
Pronunciation: gah-RAHSH
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-ras')
Definition: To drive out, to expel, to cast out, to divorce
Meaning: to crush, to dissolve

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G1544 (ἐκβάλλω, ekballo): To cast out, to drive out

- G630 (ἀπολύω, apolyo): To release, to divorce

Usage: The Hebrew verb "garas" primarily means to drive out or expel. It is often used in the context of removing someone or something from a place or position. This can include the expulsion of people from a land, the casting out of demons, or the act of divorce. The term conveys a forceful action, often with a sense of authority or judgment.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite society, the concept of expulsion or driving out was significant both in legal and spiritual contexts. The Israelites were commanded to drive out the inhabitants of Canaan to avoid idolatry and maintain purity of worship (Numbers 33:52). Divorce, another context for "garas," was a legal action that had social and familial implications, reflecting the seriousness of covenant relationships.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to be crushed
NASB Translation
broken (1), crushed (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[גָּרַס] verb be crushed (Aramaic [be crushed,] perish) —

Qal Perfect3feminine singular גָָּֽרְסָה Psalm 119:20 figurative נַפְשִׁי לְ ׳ג my soul is crushed (i.e. perisheth: compare Syriac) with longing for (compare כָּלָה לְ).

Hiph`il Imperfect וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּחָצָץ שִׁנָּ֑י Lamentations 3:16 and he hath crushed my teeth with gravel, figurative of divine chastisement.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
break

A primitive root; to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve -- break.

Forms and Transliterations
גָּרְסָ֣ה גרסה וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס ויגרס gā·rə·sāh gareSah gārəsāh vaiyagRes way·yaḡ·rês wayyaḡrês
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Englishman's Concordance
Psalm 119:20
HEB: גָּרְסָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֣י לְתַאֲבָ֑ה
NAS: My soul is crushed with longing After
KJV: My soul breaketh for the longing
INT: is crushed my soul longing

Lamentations 3:16
HEB: וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔י
NAS: He has broken my teeth with gravel;
KJV: He hath also broken my teeth
INT: has broken gravel my teeth

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1638
2 Occurrences


gā·rə·sāh — 1 Occ.
way·yaḡ·rês — 1 Occ.
















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