גָּרַס
garas · crush, be crushed
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1638 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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garas (גָּרַס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “crush, be crushed”.
To crush, to grind; also to be worn away or consumed within. In Psalm 119:20 the soul is "crushed with longing."
How to say it
ga·ras
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To smash, as teeth against gravel.
- To be worn away inside with longing.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- crushed ×1
- he has broken ×1
Where it appears
- Psalms 119:20
My soul is crushed with longing for your rules at all times.
- Lamentations 3:16
And he has broken with gravel my teeth; he has pressed me down in the ashes.