Quick Definition
stinging fly
Strong's Definition
qerets keh'-rets From H7169; extirpation (as if by constriction ): - destruction.
Derivation: from H7169 (קָרַץ);
KJV Usage: destruction.
TWOT Reference: 2075a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) nipping, nipper, stinger
1a) nipping or stinging insect, gadfly
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קֶ֫רֶץ (qe.rets) — stinging fly. 1) nipping, nipper, stinger 1a) nipping or stinging insect, gadfly
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · קרץ
Swarming Creatures
gadfly = type of fly, ◄ |iStomoxys calcitrans|i*, ► which feeds on the blood of humans and warm-blooded animals; very persistent and will not leave its host unless brushed or knocked away; some carry diseases; ≈ associated with trouble and persistence
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קֶ֫רֶץ n.m. dub. word, appar. nipping, concr. nipper; Je 46:20 ref