H7140 - קֶרַח (qerach)

H7140 קֶרַח (qerach) keh'-rakh

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

ice

Strong's Definition

ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal

Derivation: or קֹרַח; from H7139 (קָרַח);

KJV Usage: crystal, frost, ice.

TWOT Reference: 2070a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) frost, ice, ice crystal

1a) frost (of night)

1b) ice

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2879 G2930

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) frost, ice, ice crystal 1a) frost (of night) 1b) ice

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קֹרַח / קֶרַח qerach / qôrach BDB Definition: 1) frost, ice, ice crystal 1a) frost (of night) 1b) ice Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7139 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2070a Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

31:40

6:16 37:10 38:29

147:17

36:30

1:22

Genesis 31:40

As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Job 6:16

darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,

Job 37:10

By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.

Job 38:29

From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,

Jeremiah 36:30

Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out [and] exposed to heat by day and frost by night.

Ezekiel 1:22

Spread out above... the heads of the living creatures [was] the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.