Gârar — H1641

Definition

verb

to drag off roughly; by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate); by analogy, to saw

1. to drag, drag away
1. (Qal) to drag away
2. (Niphal) to chew the cud
3. (Poal) sawn (participle)
4. (Hithpoel) roaring (participle)

Usually translated as

catch, continuing, destroy, chew, saw

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• anágō (G321)
• helkýō (G1670)
• stréphō (G4762)

Occurrences

Gârar occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), 1 Kings (1), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (1), Habakkuk (1)

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