Qerach — H7140

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. frost, ice, ice crystal
1. frost (of night)
2. ice

Usually translated as

frost, ice, crystal

Origin

or qôrach; from H7139

• Derived from Qârach (H7139)

Greek equivalents

• Koré (G2879)
• krýstallos (G2930)

Occurrences

Qerach occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Job (3), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Genesis 31:40 — Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost (וְקֶ֣רַח) by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
• Job 6:16 — Which are blackish by reason of the ice (קָ֑רַח), and wherein the snow is hid:
• Job 37:10 — By the breath of God frost (קָ֑רַח) is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
• Job 38:29 — Out of whose womb came the ice (הַקָּ֑רַח)? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
• Psalms 147:17 — He casteth forth his ice (קַֽרְח֣וֹ) like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
• Jeremiah 36:30 — Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost (וְלַקֶּ֥רַח).
• Ezekiel 1:22 — And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal (הַקֶּ֣רַח), stretched forth over their heads above.