King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7170
Transliteration: qerats
Phonetic Spelling: (ker-ats')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a piece
Meaning: chew him up, by slander
Word Summary
qerats: a piece
Original Word: קְרַץTransliteration: qerats
Phonetic Spelling: (ker-ats')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a piece
Meaning: chew him up, by slander
Strong's Concordance
accuse (Aramaic) corresponding to qerets in the sense of a bit (to "eat the morsels of" any one, i.e. Chew him up (figuratively) by slander) -- + accuse.
see HEBREW qerets
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7170. qerats
[קְרַץ] noun [masculine] piece (ᵑ7; see Biblical Hebrew קרץ); — plural suffix קַרְצ֫וֺהִי Daniel 6:25, צֵיהוֺן- 3:8, both in phrase ק ׳אֲכַ֫לוּ, i.e. accuse maliciously (so ᵑ7 Syriac PS3756 (compare Old Aramaic פ כרצי ׳אמר Lzb299 SAC66 Cooke205f.; כרץ also Mandean), probably borrowed from Assyrian karƒe akâlu, malign, slander (often; also Tel Amarna); compare also u‡tarrizu HammLaw 161; further Arabic id., and kindred phrase; Ethiopic Di489).