Word Study · Strong's H7169 · Hebrew
קָרַץ
qarats
kaw-rats'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qârats
“to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it)
Rendered in the KJV as
form, move, wink.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- יִקְרְצוּ־1
- קֹרֵ֣ץ1
- קֹ֣רֵֽץ1
- קֹרֵ֥ץ1
- קֹרַ֥צְתִּי1
How it is rendered · 5
- [he is] winking1
- [one who] purses1
- [one who] winks1
- I was nipped off1
- let them wink1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular3
- verb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqrmsa · 3
- HVPp1cs · 1
- HVqi3mp · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 6:13קֹרֵ֣ץkoretzverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularwinking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.here: [he is] winking
- Proverbs 10:10קֹ֣רֵֽץkoretzverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.here: [one who] winks
- Proverbs 16:30קֹרֵ֥ץkoretzverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.here: [one who] purses