Qeraʻ — H7168

Definition

masculine noun

a rag

1. rag, torn pieces of garment or fabric

Usually translated as

piece, rag

Origin

from H7167

• Derived from Qâraʻ (H7167)

Greek equivalents

• rhēgma (G4485)

Occurrences

Qeraʻ occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), Proverbs (1)

• 1 Kings 11:30 — And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces (קְרָעִֽים):
• 1 Kings 11:31 — And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces (קְרָעִ֑ים): for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
• 2 Kings 2:12 — And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces (קְרָעִֽים).
• Proverbs 23:21 — For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags (וּ֝קְרָעִ֗ים).