# קָרַץ (qarats)

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

Strong’s H7169. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

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)

King James renderings: form, move, wink.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qarats-h7169

## Occurrences

- [Job 33:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/6) — Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
- [Psalms 35:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/19) — Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
- [Proverbs 6:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/6/13) — He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
- [Proverbs 10:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/10) — He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
- [Proverbs 16:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/16/30) — He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.