Word Study · Strong's H7144 · Hebrew
קׇרְחָה
qorchah
kor-khaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qorchâh
“baldness”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
baldness
Rendered in the KJV as
bald(-ness), [idiom] utterly.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- קָרְחָ֔ה4
- קָרְחָה֙2
- וּלְקָרְחָ֖ה1
- קָרְחָ֛ה1
- קָרְחָ֑ה1
- קָרְחָֽה׃1
- קָרְחָתֵךְ֙1
How it is rendered · 4
- baldness8
- [will be] baldness1
- and for baldness1
- baldness your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · feminine singular9
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 9
- HC/R/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah3 of 11 · 27%
- Jeremiah2 of 11 · 18%
- Ezekiel2 of 11 · 18%
- Leviticus1 of 11 · 9%
- Deuteronomy1 of 11 · 9%
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Leviticus1 occurrence
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 3:24קָרְחָ֔הkarechahnoun · feminine singularInstead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.here: baldness
- Isaiah 15:2קָרְחָ֔הkarechahnoun · feminine singularDibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.here: baldness
- Isaiah 22:12וּלְקָרְחָ֖הulekarechahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singularOn that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.here: and for baldness
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 47:5קָרְחָה֙karechahnoun · feminine singularThe people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?here: baldness
- Jeremiah 48:37קָרְחָ֔הkarechahnoun · feminine singularFor every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.here: [will be] baldness
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 7:18קָרְחָֽה׃karechahnoun · feminine singularThey will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.here: baldness
- Ezekiel 27:31קָרְחָ֔הkarechahnoun · feminine singularThey will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.here: baldness