קָרַע (qa.ra) means “to tear” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kaw-rah' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
קָרַע · qa.ra · to tear
1) to tear, tear in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tear, rend 1a2) to tear away or out 1a3) to tear, rend asunder 1a3a) to make wide or large (of eyes) 1a3b) to rend open (of heavens) 1a4) to tear, rend (of wild beasts) 1b) (Niphal) to be rent, be split asunder
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a primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
KJV glosses: cut out, rend, [idiom] surely, tear.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| tore | 11 |
| he tore | 7 |
| torn | 7 |
| tear | 3 |
| and i will tear | 2 |
| away | 2 |
| has torn | 2 |
| i will tear | 2 |
| and because you have torn | 1 |
| and have torn | 1 |
| and it tore | 1 |
| and tore | 1 |
| and tore them | 1 |
| away from him | 1 |
| had torn | 1 |
| have you torn | 1 |
| he must cut the contaminated section out | 1 |
| he tore them | 1 |
| i tore | 1 |
| i will also tear off | 1 |
| i will tear it | 1 |
| jehoiakim would cut them off | 1 |
| or tear | 1 |
| slandered me | 1 |
| so he cuts | 1 |
| so rend | 1 |
| the lord had torn | 1 |
| then they all tore | 1 |
| to tear | 1 |
| tore it | 1 |
| was split apart | 1 |
| will be split apart | 1 |
| with torn | 1 |
| you enlarge | 1 |
| you would rend | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| rent | 13 |
| that he rent | 7 |
| and rent | 5 |
| hath rent | 2 |
| also was rent | 1 |
| also will i tear | 1 |
| and cutteth him out | 1 |
| and hast rent | 1 |
| and having rent | 1 |
| and he rent | 1 |
| and i will tear | 1 |
| and it rent | 1 |
| and rend | 1 |
| and tare | 1 |
| and they rent | 1 |
| and will rend | 1 |
| away | 1 |
| behold i will rend | 1 |
| for he rent | 1 |
| had rent | 1 |
| he cut | 1 |
| her that he rent | 1 |
| i rent | 1 |
| i will not rend away | 1 |
| i will rend | 1 |
| me and didst rend | 1 |
| nor rent | 1 |
| not they did tear | 1 |
| of it then he shall rend | 1 |
| on him and rent | 1 |
| rend | 1 |
| shall be rent | 1 |
| that it be not rent | 1 |
| that it should not rend | 1 |
| that thou wouldest rend | 1 |
| thee i will surely | 1 |
| then they rent | 1 |
| though thou rentest | 1 |
| to rend | 1 |
| wherefore hast thou rent | 1 |
| with him rend | 1 |
Page 2 of 2. 60 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 63.19
And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.
Read word by wordwho says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.
Read word by wordAnd as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
Read word by wordYet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
Read word by wordeighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.
Read word by wordI will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Read word by wordLike a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.
Read word by wordSo rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
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