King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7171
Transliteration: qerets
Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-rets)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps nipping
Meaning: perhaps nipping
Word Summary
qerets: perhaps nipping
Original Word: קֶרֶץTransliteration: qerets
Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-rets)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps nipping
Meaning: perhaps nipping
Strong's Concordance
destruction From qarats; extirpation (as if by constriction) -- destruction.
see HEBREW qarats
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7171. qerets
קֶ֫רֶץ noun masculine dubious word, apparently nipping, concrete nipper usually interpreted (since Hi) of a nipping or stinging insect (compare Aramaic קָרוֺצָא, Arabic biting insect); e.g. gadfly (compare ThesAdd. 111), figurative of Nebuchadr. ׳ק בָּא מִצָּפוֺן Jeremiah 46:20 a gadfly cometh from the north; ᵑ9 (Aq Symm) stimulator, i.e. קֹרֵץ; Thes and others, more Generally, excidium.