Strong H1641גָּרַר

to drag/chew/saw

Transliteration
gârar
Pronunciation
gaw-rar'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to drag off roughly; by implication to bring up the cud (that {is} ruminate); by analogy to saw: - {catch} {chew} X {continuing} {destroy} saw.

Detailed definition

1) to drag, drag away
1a) (Qal) to drag away
1b) (Niphal) to chew the cud
1c) (Poal) sawn (participle)
1d) (Hithpoel) roaring (participle)

In the Bible

Strong H1641 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • catch1
  • cheweth1
  • continuing1
  • destroy1
  • saw1

First verses

  1. Leviticus 11:7
    And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
  2. 1 Kings 7:9
    All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
  3. Proverbs 21:7
    The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
  4. Jeremiah 30:23
    Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
  5. Habakkuk 1:15
    They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
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