Çârach — H5628

Definition

verb

to extend (even to excess)

1. to go free, be unrestrained, be overrun, exceed, overhang, grow luxuriously
1. (Qal)
1. to go free, be unrestrained, sprawl
1. overrunning, spreading (participle)
2. to overhang
2. (Niphal) to be let loose or dismissed or gone

Usually translated as

exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• epikalýptō (G1943)

Occurrences

Çârach occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Amos (2)

• Exodus 26:12 — And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang (תִּסְרַ֕ח) over the backside of the tabernacle.
• Exodus 26:13 — And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang (סָר֜וּחַ) over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
• Jeremiah 49:7 — Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished (נִסְרְחָ֖ה)?
• Ezekiel 17:6 — And it grew, and became a spreading (סֹרַ֜חַת) vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
• Ezekiel 23:15 — Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding (סְרוּחֵ֤י) in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
• Amos 6:4 — That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch (וּסְרֻחִ֖ים) themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
• Amos 6:7 — Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched (סְרוּחִֽים) themselves shall be removed.