# קָרַח (qarach)

Israeli respelling: qa-rach. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7139. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

to depilate

King James renderings: make (self) bald.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qarach-h7139

## Occurrences

- [Leviticus 21:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/21/5) — They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
- [Jeremiah 16:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/16/6) — Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor m…
- [Ezekiel 27:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/27/31) — And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart a…
- [Ezekiel 29:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/29/18) — Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shou…
- [Micah 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/1/16) — Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.