Word Study · Strong's H1644 · Hebrew
גָּרַשׁ
garash
gaw-rash'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gârash
“to drive out from a possession”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
Rendered in the KJV as
cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, [idiom] surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
- 46occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 21 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 43inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 46 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 43
- גָּרֵ֛שׁ2
- וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁ2
- וַיְגָ֧רֶשׁ2
- אֲגָרֵ֥שׁ1
- אֲגָרְשֵׁ֑ם1
- אֲגָרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ1
- אֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ1
- גְּרוּשָׁ֥ה1
- גָּ֣רֵֽשׁ1
- גֹרֵ֣שׁ1
- גֹרְשׁ֣וּ1
- גֵרְשׁ֣וּנִי1
and 31 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 36
- and he drove out5
- and a divorced [woman]4
- and I will drive out it2
- drive out2
- I will drive out it2
- [am] about to drive out1
- and did you drive out? me1
- and he has driven out1
- and I drove out1
- and I will drive out1
- and it drove out1
- and it will be tossed1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 35
- Hc/Vpw3ms7
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular4
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular2
- Hc/VNq3fs1
- Hc/Vpq1cs1
- Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp3ms1
- Hc/Vpq2ms/Sp3mp1
- Hc/Vpq3fs1
- HC/Vpu1cs/Sp3ms1
- Hc/Vpw1cs1
- Hc/Vpw2mp/Sp1bs1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/Vpw3ms · 7
- HC/Vqsfsa · 4
- HVpi1cs/Sp3ms · 2
- HVpv2ms · 2
- Hc/VNq3fs · 1
- Hc/Vpq1cs · 1
- Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp3ms · 1
- Hc/Vpq2ms/Sp3mp · 1
- Hc/Vpq3fs · 1
- HC/Vpu1cs/Sp3ms · 1
- Hc/Vpw1cs · 1
- Hc/Vpw2mp/Sp1bs · 1
All 46, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 3:24וַיְגָ֖רֶשׁvaygareshHc/Vpw3msSo He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.here: and he drove out
- Genesis 4:14גֵּרַ֨שְׁתָּgerashtaverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularBehold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”here: you have driven away
- Genesis 21:10גָּרֵ֛שׁgareshverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singularand she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”here: drive out
Exodus12 occurrences
- Exodus 2:17וַיְגָרְשׁ֑וּםvaygareshumHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mpAnd when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.here: and they drove away them
- Exodus 6:1יְגָרְשֵׁ֖םyegareshemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralBut the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”here: he will drive out them
- Exodus 10:11וַיְגָ֣רֶשׁvaygareshHc/Vpw3msNo, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.here: and someone drove out
- Exodus 11:1גָּרֵ֛שׁgareshverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.here: completely drive out
- Exodus 11:1יְגָרֵ֥שׁyegareshverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThen the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.here: he will drive out
- Exodus 12:39גֹרְשׁ֣וּgoreshuverb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 3rd person common pluralSince their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.here: they had been driven out
- Exodus 23:28וְגֵרְשָׁ֗הvegereshahHc/Vpq3fsI will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.here: and it will drive out
- Exodus 23:29אֲגָרְשֶׁ֛נּוּʾagareshenuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularI will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.here: I will drive out it
- Exodus 23:30אֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּʾagareshenuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularLittle by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.here: I will drive out it
- Exodus 23:31וְגֵרַשְׁתָּ֖מוֹvegerashtamovHc/Vpq2ms/Sp3mpAnd I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.here: and you will drive out them
- Exodus 33:2וְגֵֽרַשְׁתִּ֗יvegerashtiHc/Vpq1csAnd I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.here: and I will drive out
- Exodus 34:11גֹרֵ֣שׁgoreshverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularObserve what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.here: [am] about to drive out
Leviticus3 occurrences
- Leviticus 21:7גְּרוּשָׁ֥הgerushahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singularA priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.here: divorced
- Leviticus 21:14וּגְרוּשָׁה֙ugerushahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singularHe is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,here: and a divorced [woman]
- Leviticus 22:13וּגְרוּשָׁ֗הugerushahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singularBut if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.here: and a divorced [woman]
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 22:6וַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּvaagareshenuHC/Vpu1cs/Sp3msSo please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”here: and I will drive out it
- Numbers 22:11וְגֵרַשְׁתִּֽיו׃vegerashtivHc/Vpq1cs/Sp3ms‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”here: and I will drive out it
- Numbers 30:9וּגְרוּשָׁ֑הugerushahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singularEvery vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.here: and a divorced [woman]
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 24:12וַתְּגָ֤רֶשׁvategareshHc/Vpw3fsI sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.here: and it drove out
- Joshua 24:18וַיְגָ֨רֶשׁvaygareshHc/Vpw3msAnd the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”here: and he drove out
Judges5 occurrences
- Judges 2:3אֲגָרֵ֥שׁʾagareshverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularSo now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”here: I will drive out
- Judges 6:9וָאֲגָרֵ֤שׁvaagareshHc/Vpw1csI delivered you out of the hands of Egypt and all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.here: and I drove out
- Judges 9:41וַיְגָ֧רֶשׁvaygareshHc/Vpw3msAbimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.here: and he drove out
- Judges 11:2וַיְגָרְשׁ֣וּvaygareshuHc/Vpw3mpAnd Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”here: and they drove out
- Judges 11:7וַתְּגָרְשׁ֖וּנִיvategareshuniHc/Vpw2mp/Sp1bsJephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”here: and did you drive out? me
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 78:55וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁvaygareshHc/Vpw3msHe drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.here: and he drove out
- Psalms 80:8תְּגָרֵ֥שׁtegareshverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.here: you drove out
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 57:20נִגְרָ֑שׁnigrashverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.here: tossed
- Isaiah 57:20וַיִּגְרְשׁ֥וּvaiyigreshuHc/Vqw3mpBut the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.here: and they have tossed up
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 31:11גֵּרַשְׁתִּֽהוּ׃gerashtihuverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularI delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.here: I drove out it
- Ezekiel 44:22וּגְרוּשָׁ֔הugerushahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singularAnd they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.here: and a divorced [woman]