Quick Definition
charges
Strong's Definition
q e rats ker-ats' (Chaldee); corresponding to H7171 in the sense of a bit (to eat the morsels of any one, that is, chew him up (figuratively) by slander ): - + accuse.
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7171 (קֶרֶץ) in the sense of a bit (to 'eat the morsels of' any one, i.e.
KJV Usage: [phrase] accuse.
TWOT Reference: 2981
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) piece
1a) denounce, slander, accuse maliciously, chew on (idiom)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קְרַץ (qe.rats) — charges. 1) piece 1a) denounce, aslander, accuse maliciously, chew on (idiom)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קְרַץ] n.[m.] piece base