Qerets — H7171

Definition

masculine noun

extirpation (as if by constriction)

1. nipping, nipper, stinger
1. nipping or stinging insect, gadfly

Usually translated as

destruction

Origin

from H7169

• Derived from Qârats (H7169)

Occurrences

Qerets occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (1)

• Jeremiah 46:20 — Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction (קֶ֥רֶץ) cometh; it cometh out of the north.