What does קָרַץ · עַיִן mean in the Bible?
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)".
Hebrew · H7169, H5869
קָרַץ
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) · an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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קָרַץ H7169 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)
Pronunciation qarats
Pinching action ranges from subtle facial gestures of malice to deliberate shaping of material
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עַיִן H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
What does קָרַץ (yirəqəṣû-‘ayin) mean in the Bible?
קָרַץ · עַיִן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "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)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7169, H5869?
H7169, H5869 is connected to 902 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Canonical Anchor
Hebrew phrase. 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 H7169, H5869
Lexical occurrences 902 verses Word forms 2 forms 5 references Study link Psalms 35:19–28 Source Gloss
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)
Extended definition
form, move, wink.
Grammatical Forms
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This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 5
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 4×
Participle active Prov 6:13 · Prov 10:10 · Prov 16:30 3×
Imperfect Ps 35:19 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Perfect Job 33:6 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Old Testament Witnesses
Wink the eye; to signal a secret and malicious understanding or conspiracy between parties
Word Origins
קָרַץ is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Canonical Themes
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Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain